---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE SUPPORT FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS ACT."
description: "TO CREATE THE SUPPORT FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1161"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1161 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Hudson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-18T19:16:05+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-24T17:41:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e197ba0-98c8-47a6-b337-3422b62ac599"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c96c673c964326ab7c63112942ac42b75471a23c35ecd32f412a955e1648c4f1"
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 1161 (2023) — TO CREATE THE SUPPORT FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=128.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1161-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1161-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1161-S1.pdf)
5. **HB 1161** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1161.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Hudson — primary (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- D. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- Ennett — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- L. Chesterfield — cosponsor (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18T19:16:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-18T22:32:12+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`
- **2023-01-30T14:38:51+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-30T14:38:54+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-30T16:08:29+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-02T14:35:17+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-02T14:35:19+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-02T16:25:04+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-07T17:47:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T20:08:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T21:50:28+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-08T21:50:36+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T19:20:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16T17:28:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-16T17:29:03+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-16T19:01:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-20T19:47:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-20T19:47:27+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-02-20T20:57:27+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-02-20T20:57:33+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T17:37:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T19:58:01+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-02-22T19:58:05+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-22T20:56:02+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-24T17:41:11+00:00** Notification that HB1161 is now Act 128 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e197ba0-98c8-47a6-b337-3422b62ac599`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).