---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC EDUCATION."
description: "TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 573"
citation: "Arkansas SB 573 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cozart", "J. English"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-31T22:04:55+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T13:45:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cd8cb71-85c9-4281-8c43-aa72733b7ac8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b85071c8dff9dd38304195713fcb0f006b7afe62e701175b1d72259a188a1aaf"
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 573 (2023) — TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC EDUCATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 793** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=793.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 573** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB573.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cozart — primary (person)
- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-31T22:04:55+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-31T22:15:20+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T18:33:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T21:15:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T21:15:48+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-04T22:15:37+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-05T01:01:27+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`
- **2023-04-06T17:13:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T15:09:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T15:09:32+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T18:13:48+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T18:13:56+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:12:24+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:12:26+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T13:45:29+00:00** Notification that SB573 is now Act 793 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cd8cb71-85c9-4281-8c43-aa72733b7ac8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).