---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE LIMIT ON SCHOOL CHOICE TRANSFERS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015."
description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE LIMIT ON SCHOOL CHOICE TRANSFERS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2018S2"
identifier: "HB 1009"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1009 (2018S2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowery"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-13"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5face03-bf26-48a4-a733-91d1f8e5e585"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0dc111e1bea67ff3dbdb0198831dca22cca89a0c2280c2f68728f4fe16c65dcc"
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 HB 1009 (2018S2) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE LIMIT ON SCHOOL CHOICE TRANSFERS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1009** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2018S2/Public/Searchable/HB1009.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **76–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lowery — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-13** Filed `introduction`
- **2018-03-13** 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`
- **2018-03-13** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-14** Received from the House.
- **2018-03-14** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2018-03-15** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2018-03-15** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2018-03-15** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2018-03-19** Notification that HB1009 is now Act 9 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5face03-bf26-48a4-a733-91d1f8e5e585`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).