---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE UNIVERSAL ACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM ACT; AND TO AMEND THE TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAY PROVIDE TO STUDENTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE UNIVERSAL ACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM ACT; AND TO AMEND THE TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAY PROVIDE TO STUDENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 183"
citation: "Arkansas SB 183 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "J. Dotson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-03T22:38:07+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:05:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60a08967-1b2b-4664-ac3d-f51aee7fb998"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8947cd501130fbf445cc82c463d9fde7ef30b39409d7fe7da9c1436fce24d5b3"
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 183 (2025) — TO AMEND THE UNIVERSAL ACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM ACT; AND TO AMEND THE TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAY PROVIDE TO STUDENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 724** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=724.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB183-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB183-S2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB183-S3.pdf)
5. **Amendment S4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB183-S4.pdf)
6. **SB 183** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB183.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- J. Dotson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03T22:38:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-03T22:55:19+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T19:52:29+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-02-04T19:52:42+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-02-04T19:52:57+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-04T21:20:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-04T21:20:53+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T13:58:44+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2025-02-25T13:58:54+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-25T19:40:30+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-25T19:40:41+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T21:24:13+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-02-25T21:24:27+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 3
- **2025-02-25T21:24:36+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-25T21:44:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-25T21:44:15+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T19:49:39+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-03-04T19:49:50+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 4
- **2025-03-04T19:50:00+00:00** Amendment # 4 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-04T20:19:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-04T20:19:36+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T20:00:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10T18:57:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T18:57:25+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-10T21:03:20+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-10T22:52:28+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`
- **2025-04-10T20:55:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T00:54:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T00:54:14+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T01:56:17+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T01:56:21+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:03:26+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-15T14:03:31+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:05:47+00:00** Notification that SB183 is now Act 724 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60a08967-1b2b-4664-ac3d-f51aee7fb998`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).