---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF AN OATH FOR A SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF AN OATH FOR A SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 413"
citation: "Arkansas SB 413 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-10T18:18:52+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-31T18:37:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4db9c536-5649-413c-8fb5-6ac28118388e"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "adcb88ffcb0a9d66728da98c8042d3427da054bf49410d843f9774c57ebe13d7"
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 413 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF AN OATH FOR A SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 401** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=401.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 413** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB413.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10T18:18:52+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-10T18:38:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T18:41:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13T20:06:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T20:06:54+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-13T22:04:56+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-13T22:32:09+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`
- **2025-03-18T18:40:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19T20:16:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T20:16:36+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-20T00:40:06+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-20T00:40:14+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-20T13:47:29+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-20T13:47:30+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31T18:37:02+00:00** Notification that SB413 is now Act 401 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4db9c536-5649-413c-8fb5-6ac28118388e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).