---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE A MEANS BY WHICH PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS MAY SUBSTITUTE COMPARABLE ELECTIVE COURSEWORK IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR REQUIRED CORE ACADEMIC CLASSES."
description: "TO CREATE A MEANS BY WHICH PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS MAY SUBSTITUTE COMPARABLE ELECTIVE COURSEWORK IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR REQUIRED CORE ACADEMIC CLASSES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1329"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1329 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "R. Scott Richardson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-31T17:39:43+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-10T19:55:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89408f96-5d81-42f0-8c51-411e888f3712"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0998edfcd6d26711405a8d20fe836534f44df880c53deb7dc5cc757fdb49a0a4"
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 1329 (2023) — TO CREATE A MEANS BY WHICH PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS MAY SUBSTITUTE COMPARABLE ELECTIVE COURSEWORK IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR REQUIRED CORE ACADEMIC CLASSES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=242.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1329-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1329** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1329.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — primary (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- G. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31T17:39:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-31T19:57:11+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`
- **2023-02-08T14:30:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-08T14:30:16+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-08T15:48:09+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-16T17:27:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20T20:09:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-20T21:35:42+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-20T21:35:58+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T19:27:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06T20:30:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T20:30:24+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-06T22:02:25+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-06T22:02:28+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-07T13:53:44+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-10T19:55:48+00:00** Notification that HB1329 is now Act 242 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89408f96-5d81-42f0-8c51-411e888f3712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).