---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS STUDENT DUE PROCESS AND PROTECTION ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS STUDENT DUE PROCESS AND PROTECTION ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 618"
citation: "Arkansas SB 618 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. McKenzie", "Irvin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-03T15:53:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:08:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/163e4c41-63f8-4db6-a7ec-b51f3722f441"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "dad274d93886a911c2e224f8263564785b41f0d27b6ac49a02144b22b23e77ca"
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 618 (2025) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS STUDENT DUE PROCESS AND PROTECTION ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 731** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=731.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 618** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB618.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. McKenzie — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-03T15:53:32+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-03T18:41:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T18:22:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08T22:19:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T22:19:59+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-09T00:07:27+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-09T01:53:42+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`
- **2025-04-10T20:56:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T00:56:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T00:56:26+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T02:00:22+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T02:00:27+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:23:27+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-15T14:23:30+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:08:53+00:00** Notification that SB618 is now Act 731 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/163e4c41-63f8-4db6-a7ec-b51f3722f441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).