---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO INCLUDE CERTAIN ARKANSAS CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS AND HEROES IN THE TEACHING MATERIALS REGARDING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL."
description: "TO INCLUDE CERTAIN ARKANSAS CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS AND HEROES IN THE TEACHING MATERIALS REGARDING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1648"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1648 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["F. Allen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a298489-d716-4c6b-9cc8-51bcdd06872a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b3fbeb72b778eda10bfdf5a8edc45715b76233a3f26dd73650b5522929f393d3"
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 1648 (2019) — TO INCLUDE CERTAIN ARKANSAS CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS AND HEROES IN THE TEACHING MATERIALS REGARDING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=HB1648-H1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **HB 1648** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1648.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **68–8** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- F. Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-03-04** 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`
- **2019-03-19** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2019-03-20** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-20** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-03-25** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Received from the House.
- **2019-03-25** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-04-04** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2019-04-04** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended.
- **2019-04-04** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-04-05** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2019-04-05** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2019-04-10** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-04-10** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-04-15** Notification that HB1648 is now Act 1018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a298489-d716-4c6b-9cc8-51bcdd06872a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).