---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE LAW THAT RELATE TO TOPICS COVERED BY, THE COMPOSITION OF, AND THE MEETING REQUIREMENTS FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S COMMITTEE ON PERSONNEL POLICIES FOR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES."
description: "TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE LAW THAT RELATE TO TOPICS COVERED BY, THE COMPOSITION OF, AND THE MEETING REQUIREMENTS FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S COMMITTEE ON PERSONNEL POLICIES FOR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 514"
citation: "Arkansas SB 514 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Hodges", "Irvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-28T19:52:17+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T13:35:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7f2dfdf-0867-4ef2-b7c0-1c2ac6fbc4be"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1422084c22a83f9f2dfcf03e185e31c59234d2868ce7795a2d5bc317c9842f80"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
---

# Arkansas SB 514 (2023) — TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE LAW THAT RELATE TO TOPICS COVERED BY, THE COMPOSITION OF, AND THE MEETING REQUIREMENTS FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S COMMITTEE ON PERSONNEL POLICIES FOR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Act 782** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=782.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB514-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 514** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB514.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- G. Hodges — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-03-28T19:52:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-28T20:39:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T18:02:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03T19:27:13+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-03T19:27:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-03T19:27:25+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-04-03T20:39:34+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-04T20:32:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:33:05+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-04T22:13:40+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-05T00:57:43+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T17:13:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T13:24:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T15:00:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T15:00:30+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-07T15:00:44+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T18:11:12+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T18:11:15+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:09:26+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:09:28+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T13:35:55+00:00** Notification that SB514 is now Act 782 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7f2dfdf-0867-4ef2-b7c0-1c2ac6fbc4be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).