---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THE TUITION AND FEES PAID BY STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE ONLINE PROGRAMS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THE TUITION AND FEES PAID BY STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE ONLINE PROGRAMS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 522"
citation: "Arkansas SB 522 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Brown", "M. McKee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-19T20:05:15+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T20:47:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17972825-4b09-4b53-a8e7-e1d0983c3eda"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "97e3ed945d6fb2556f8d02c370ebbce41bee9a01cc27522b199db7d18564a578"
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 522 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THE TUITION AND FEES PAID BY STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE ONLINE PROGRAMS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 648** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=648.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB522-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 522** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB522.pdf)

## Sponsors

- M. Brown — primary (person)
- M. McKee — primary (person)
- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-19T20:05:15+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-20T00:23:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T20:32:47+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-03-20T20:32:53+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-03-20T20:32:59+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-20T21:02:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-20T21:02:40+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T18:46:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01T21:24:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T21:25:01+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-01T22:46:34+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-02T01:50:17+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`
- **2025-04-08T01:00:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10T00:24:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T00:25:12+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:16:54+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:17:01+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:16:02+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-10T13:16:05+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T20:47:45+00:00** Notification that SB522 is now Act 648 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17972825-4b09-4b53-a8e7-e1d0983c3eda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).