---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING A WAIVER FOR A RENEWED BACKGROUND CHECK GRANTED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AN EDUCATIONAL ENTITY TO AN APPLICANT FOR A NONLICENSED STAFF POSITION."
description: "CONCERNING A WAIVER FOR A RENEWED BACKGROUND CHECK GRANTED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AN EDUCATIONAL ENTITY TO AN APPLICANT FOR A NONLICENSED STAFF POSITION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "Arkansas SB 228 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-13T17:44:34+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-27T21:43:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9988872c-d32a-4133-9e53-31fa6406d765"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9416373e1989b26eeba96274c9c83bcb3179cc27bf29efdb2ef6eae3f2191e14"
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 228 (2025) — CONCERNING A WAIVER FOR A RENEWED BACKGROUND CHECK GRANTED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AN EDUCATIONAL ENTITY TO AN APPLICANT FOR A NONLICENSED STAFF POSITION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 197** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=197.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 228** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB228.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13T17:44:34+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-13T20:08:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17T19:55:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18T17:03:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T17:03:52+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-18T19:32:56+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-18T22:55:15+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`
- **2025-02-25T17:20:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T21:14:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T21:14:28+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-26T22:26:27+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-02-26T22:26:30+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-26T22:33:06+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-26T22:33:09+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-27T21:43:16+00:00** Notification that SB228 is now Act 197 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9988872c-d32a-4133-9e53-31fa6406d765`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).