---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"ADMINISTRATOR\" AS IT RELATES TO ETHICAL GUIDELINES AND PROHIBITIONS; AND TO AMEND THE RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT SPECIFIC TO PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS."
description: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"ADMINISTRATOR\" AS IT RELATES TO ETHICAL GUIDELINES AND PROHIBITIONS; AND TO AMEND THE RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT SPECIFIC TO PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1640"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1640 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Sullivan", "Duke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-03T18:51:17+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-08T16:51:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03607e0c-f1b3-4677-9e77-2694a87f5ce2"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c045fec121f7cc5ebdab66050cacc03287a4ec6ac34a7eab5136b96dcdc30380"
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 HB 1640 (2025) — TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "ADMINISTRATOR" AS IT RELATES TO ETHICAL GUIDELINES AND PROHIBITIONS; AND TO AMEND THE RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT SPECIFIC TO PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 476** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=476.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1640-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1640** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1640.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Sullivan — primary (person)
- Duke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03T18:51:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-03T23:19:15+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`
- **2025-03-04T14:35:28+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-04T14:35:30+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-04T16:58:13+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-18T18:40:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19T19:58:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T00:31:00+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-20T00:31:09+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T18:48:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01T21:51:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T21:51:47+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-01T22:50:49+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-01T22:50:51+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-02T15:29:43+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-08T16:51:31+00:00** Notification that HB1640 is now Act 476 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03607e0c-f1b3-4677-9e77-2694a87f5ce2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).