---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE FOR CONSISTENCY IN THE REIMBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL COSTS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE PLACED IN A RESIDENTIAL OR INPATIENT FACILITY THAT IS LOCATED IN A BORDERING STATE."
description: "TO PROVIDE FOR CONSISTENCY IN THE REIMBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL COSTS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE PLACED IN A RESIDENTIAL OR INPATIENT FACILITY THAT IS LOCATED IN A BORDERING STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 384"
citation: "Arkansas SB 384 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7904ad8-7b51-440a-9871-0fc0107aa645"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "48e2c98063f9dcc471151fc049b67c634ccacab025ac70ac362afcf64067247b"
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 384 (2019) — TO PROVIDE FOR CONSISTENCY IN THE REIMBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL COSTS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE PLACED IN A RESIDENTIAL OR INPATIENT FACILITY THAT IS LOCATED IN A BORDERING STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 384** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB384.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-03-07** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-03-07** 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`
- **2019-03-12** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-18** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2019-03-18** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2019-03-18** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-03-19** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-03-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-20** Notification that SB384 is now Act 523 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7904ad8-7b51-440a-9871-0fc0107aa645`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).