---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE AN ADULT APPROVED TO OVERSEE THE ADMINISTRATION OF A STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT TO CERTAIN STUDENTS IN A VIRTUAL SETTING TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS."
description: "TO REQUIRE AN ADULT APPROVED TO OVERSEE THE ADMINISTRATION OF A STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT TO CERTAIN STUDENTS IN A VIRTUAL SETTING TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 470"
citation: "Arkansas SB 470 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "J. Dotson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-17T14:29:01+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T20:46:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e252ad7d-322b-4e81-b043-281575a3fed0"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "cc691eae26a1e6867bfd37df9fd829fb93f72e6faa9db78b9f581cb9ea8b3cbd"
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 470 (2025) — TO REQUIRE AN ADULT APPROVED TO OVERSEE THE ADMINISTRATION OF A STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT TO CERTAIN STUDENTS IN A VIRTUAL SETTING TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 646** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=646.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 470** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB470.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-17T14:29:01+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-17T18:50:23+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T18:45:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01T20:59:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T20:59:31+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-01T22:45:07+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-02T01:47:38+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`
- **2025-04-08T18:41:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10T00:47:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T00:47:47+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:13:29+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:13:34+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:14:30+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-10T13:14:33+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T20:46:53+00:00** Notification that SB470 is now Act 646 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e252ad7d-322b-4e81-b043-281575a3fed0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).