---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING AGE AND RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AND TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS FOR WHOM PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHALL BE OPEN AND FREE."
description: "CONCERNING AGE AND RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AND TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS FOR WHOM PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHALL BE OPEN AND FREE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1030"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1030 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "S. Meeks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-06T17:49:43+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T14:59:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a11b8001-c071-447e-9069-f2f241e4dd37"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f9f18582e75df3e9de2ab388b8d9cf51114af8290c1cd6d2b6fcef5c3d5b6f19"
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 1030 (2023) — CONCERNING AGE AND RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AND TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS FOR WHOM PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHALL BE OPEN AND FREE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 426** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=426.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1030-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1030-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1030-S1.pdf)
5. **HB 1030** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1030.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)
- S. Meeks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-06T17:49:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:56:25+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`
- **2023-02-14T14:31:16+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-14T14:31:18+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-14T16:51:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-23T14:31:22+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-23T14:31:26+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23T16:15:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-07T18:54:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T20:20:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T22:03:03+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-08T22:03:12+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T18:30:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16T16:57:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-16T16:57:12+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-16T19:53:13+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-27T19:42:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T19:43:18+00:00** Returned To the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-27T21:07:58+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-27T21:08:05+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T18:40:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T18:54:03+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-29T18:54:05+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-30T14:20:28+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-04T14:59:24+00:00** Notification that HB1030 is now Act 426 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a11b8001-c071-447e-9069-f2f241e4dd37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).