---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE BELL TO BELL, NO CELL ACT; AND TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICIES WITH REGARD TO STUDENT USE OF PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES."
description: "TO CREATE THE BELL TO BELL, NO CELL ACT; AND TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICIES WITH REGARD TO STUDENT USE OF PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 142"
citation: "Arkansas SB 142 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dees", "Eubanks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-29T21:47:04+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-24T19:35:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d4c17e9-a58d-4cc8-b991-5624ada7b11f"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e2a97937a20f31773f358395e5a7de39b8cdbf8a9d39fe9002814b2a24c0f745"
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 142 (2025) — TO CREATE THE BELL TO BELL, NO CELL ACT; AND TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICIES WITH REGARD TO STUDENT USE OF PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 122** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=122.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB142-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 142** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB142.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dees — primary (person)
- Eubanks — primary (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Duke — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- N. Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- Puryear — cosponsor (person)
- R. Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- R. Murdock — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29T21:47:04+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-29T21:57:53+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03T19:33:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04T20:32:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04T20:32:34+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-04T21:51:26+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-04T22:55:58+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`
- **2025-02-06T19:16:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10T20:52:58+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T18:09:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T14:36:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-12T14:36:58+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-12T16:24:30+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-13T20:27:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-13T20:27:43+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-02-13T21:50:54+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-02-13T21:53:16+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17T19:54:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18T16:50:31+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-18T16:50:46+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-02-18T16:50:56+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-02-18T16:51:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T16:51:20+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-18T17:38:45+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-18T17:38:48+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-24T19:35:05+00:00** Notification that SB142 is now Act 122 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d4c17e9-a58d-4cc8-b991-5624ada7b11f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).