---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROHIBIT A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE COOPERATIVE FROM REQUIRING OR TAKING CERTAIN ACTIONS RELATED TO EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS."
description: "TO PROHIBIT A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE COOPERATIVE FROM REQUIRING OR TAKING CERTAIN ACTIONS RELATED TO EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 402"
citation: "Arkansas SB 402 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "C. Penzo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-06T21:50:22+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:06:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6115d2d1-b4cd-4eed-9100-f6a78167ee34"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b38a7bab05fcc0e6744978dfc3e9eb1217716e451056d466b2f79202259d959f"
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 402 (2025) — TO PROHIBIT A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE COOPERATIVE FROM REQUIRING OR TAKING CERTAIN ACTIONS RELATED TO EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 725** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=725.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB402-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 402** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB402.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- C. Penzo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06T21:50:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-06T22:02:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T18:38:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18T18:54:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-18T18:54:45+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-18T20:45:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-19T19:47:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T19:47:55+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-19T21:33:50+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-19T22:25:22+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`
- **2025-04-10T21:00:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T01:03:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T01:03:45+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T01:56:57+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T01:57:01+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:00:21+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-15T14:00:26+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:06:25+00:00** Notification that SB402 is now Act 725 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6115d2d1-b4cd-4eed-9100-f6a78167ee34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).