---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW THAT REQUIRES HOLOCAUST EDUCATION; AND TO ESTABLISH HOLOCAUST EDUCATION WEEK IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW THAT REQUIRES HOLOCAUST EDUCATION; AND TO ESTABLISH HOLOCAUST EDUCATION WEEK IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "Arkansas SB 68 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dotson", "Vaught"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17T19:28:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-14T19:14:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0555bc3-b373-4355-bcd2-321fe3e7abb2"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d7c2a1e16dfdbc939f78350e8751780b3b09a2ad51d4eff17ebad0f6a277a119"
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 68 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW THAT REQUIRES HOLOCAUST EDUCATION; AND TO ESTABLISH HOLOCAUST EDUCATION WEEK IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 48** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=48.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB68-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 68** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB68.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Dotson — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- L. Chesterfield — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17T19:28:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-17T19:32:27+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T19:21:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26T16:37:37+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-26T16:37:45+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-01-26T17:36:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-30T19:31:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30T19:31:40+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-01-30T20:28:19+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-01-30T22:19:48+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`
- **2023-02-02T16:37:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T20:58:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T20:58:10+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-06T22:20:14+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-06T22:20:22+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-07T16:11:06+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-07T16:11:10+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-14T19:14:51+00:00** Notification that SB68 is now Act 48 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0555bc3-b373-4355-bcd2-321fe3e7abb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).