---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE FIRE PREVENTION ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO FIRE DRILLS AND EXTERIOR DOORS AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS."
description: "TO AMEND THE FIRE PREVENTION ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO FIRE DRILLS AND EXTERIOR DOORS AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 554"
citation: "Arkansas SB 554 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-31T00:15:58+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T13:37:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22a4b37a-b7af-42de-bfd8-115255e536a0"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "57fed1600d0b2f23e78bcd30d25f2de1dd5e40e96e0ddcc0a681b42debc53d53"
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 554 (2023) — TO AMEND THE FIRE PREVENTION ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO FIRE DRILLS AND EXTERIOR DOORS AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 787** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=787.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 554** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB554.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-31T00:15:58+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-31T00:51:34+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T18:06:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T20:58:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:58:21+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-04T22:14:33+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-05T00:59:25+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`
- **2023-04-06T17:14:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T15:21:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T15:21:50+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T18:10:57+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T18:10:59+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:22:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:22:06+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T13:37:36+00:00** Notification that SB554 is now Act 787 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22a4b37a-b7af-42de-bfd8-115255e536a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).