---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE A FINANCIAL AID APPEALS PROCESS AND COMMITTEE FOR THE DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
description: "TO CREATE A FINANCIAL AID APPEALS PROCESS AND COMMITTEE FOR THE DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1347"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1347 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "J. Dotson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-02T21:36:28+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-10T19:56:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2055ab49-0958-4056-b90d-6997d409ca18"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "78565d18cc2ceb2d4e9576160e255360ec7fb9cd71b715f962f8d6f82b9ad05f"
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 1347 (2023) — TO CREATE A FINANCIAL AID APPEALS PROCESS AND COMMITTEE FOR THE DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=244.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1347-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1347** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1347.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beck — primary (person)
- J. Dotson — primary (person)
- A. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Ennett — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- G. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- V. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02T21:36:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-02T21:44:51+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`
- **2023-02-21T17:39:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T20:12:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T22:56:57+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-22T22:57:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T14:30:43+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-28T14:30:47+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-28T14:30:54+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-28T19:19:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-28T19:19:59+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T19:28:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06T20:36:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T20:36:24+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-03-06T22:07:54+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-07T20:03:46+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-07T20:04:12+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-08T13:44:11+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-10T19:56:31+00:00** Notification that HB1347 is now Act 244 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2055ab49-0958-4056-b90d-6997d409ca18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).