---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ACTS 2023, NO. 237; AND TO AMEND THE LIMITATION ON THE FUNDS A PARTICIPATING STUDENT MAY RECEIVE UNDER THE ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM ACCOUNT PROGRAM."
description: "TO AMEND ACTS 2023, NO. 237; AND TO AMEND THE LIMITATION ON THE FUNDS A PARTICIPATING STUDENT MAY RECEIVE UNDER THE ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM ACCOUNT PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 568"
citation: "Arkansas SB 568 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barker", "J. Dismang"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-31T21:37:42+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:07:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38bc3d96-e51d-45a5-9223-b434bcfbfd6e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c2eed592b9297aee1c8f942d8af253a4901d59407af20886dd1caab3c30ff74b"
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 568 (2023) — TO AMEND ACTS 2023, NO. 237; AND TO AMEND THE LIMITATION ON THE FUNDS A PARTICIPATING STUDENT MAY RECEIVE UNDER THE ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM ACCOUNT PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 669** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=669.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 568** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB568.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barker — primary (person)
- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-31T21:37:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-31T22:03:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T18:07:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03T21:30:11+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-03T21:30:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T21:30:31+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-03T22:58:34+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-04T00:49:35+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`
- **2023-04-04T22:53:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T01:01:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T01:01:12+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:24:06+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:24:08+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T15:01:55+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T15:01:57+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:07:20+00:00** Notification that SB568 is now Act 669 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38bc3d96-e51d-45a5-9223-b434bcfbfd6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).