---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DATES BY WHICH CERTAIN REQUESTS TO TRANSFER PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED."
description: "TO AMEND THE DATES BY WHICH CERTAIN REQUESTS TO TRANSFER PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "Arkansas SB 167 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Brooks"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-31T15:57:27+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:30:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c25a909d-811f-4b3a-b4eb-ad90e67a3473"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "24ac5c286d882a9e606d81661ad1e5c27c2126a52f7a4a0514b36c0c9fef85be"
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 167 (2025) — TO AMEND THE DATES BY WHICH CERTAIN REQUESTS TO TRANSFER PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 563** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=563.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB167-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB167-S1.pdf)
4. **SB 167** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB167.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31T15:57:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-03T19:35:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T19:43:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27T18:59:53+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-27T19:00:02+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-27T20:12:39+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-03T20:07:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T20:07:31+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-03T22:23:52+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-03T23:23:51+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`
- **2025-03-06T19:38:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12T18:39:58+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-12T18:40:02+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-12T18:53:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-17T19:32:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T19:32:57+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-03-17T21:41:48+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-08T18:58:57+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-08T18:59:08+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-08T19:01:54+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-08T19:02:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T19:02:14+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T14:04:31+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-09T14:04:34+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-14T22:30:31+00:00** Notification that SB167 is now Act 563 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c25a909d-811f-4b3a-b4eb-ad90e67a3473`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).