---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW A RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PERMIT A PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITY AT THE RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS."
description: "TO ALLOW A RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PERMIT A PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITY AT THE RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 303"
citation: "Arkansas SB 303 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dees", "Torres"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T20:17:12+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T20:46:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/637fb26c-936e-4c9f-9902-1d9ead1a83af"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8dac97ef1a90b19394cb741437c6b40a075c1deaf43624afad42dbaed28821bb"
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 303 (2025) — TO ALLOW A RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PERMIT A PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITY AT THE RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 644** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=644.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB303-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB303-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 303** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB303.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dees — primary (person)
- Torres — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T20:17:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-25T21:46:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T20:01:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 & 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06T20:05:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-06T20:05:59+00:00** Amendment # 1 & 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-06T21:59:10+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-10T19:03:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T19:03:53+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-10T21:03:46+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-10T22:53:34+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`
- **2025-04-08T18:40:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10T00:44:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T00:44:40+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:05:37+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:05:41+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:11:22+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-10T13:11:25+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T20:46:00+00:00** Notification that SB303 is now Act 644 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/637fb26c-936e-4c9f-9902-1d9ead1a83af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).