---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF A STUDENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS CONCURRENT CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM."
description: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF A STUDENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS CONCURRENT CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1333"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1333 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "Lundstrum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-31T18:48:33+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T15:01:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5db2ce8-9a62-4c48-a71d-ff80b6d97107"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "90a2d15f468f3ef224927fab608dacf70557b1acb52cbaf4212f879b7e36abb7"
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 1333 (2023) — TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF A STUDENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS CONCURRENT CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 438** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=438.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1333-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1333** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1333.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — primary (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31T18:48:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-31T19:58:48+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`
- **2023-03-16T00:11:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T13:31:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-16T13:31:32+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-16T15:46:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-27T20:19:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T22:48:05+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-27T22:48:11+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T22:43:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T22:43:41+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-03-31T02:06:33+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-31T02:06:36+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-31T14:14:51+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-04T15:01:29+00:00** Notification that HB1333 is now Act 438 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5db2ce8-9a62-4c48-a71d-ff80b6d97107`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).