---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES FOR A TIERED SYSTEM OF EDUCATOR LICENSURE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TYPE OF LICENSE ISSUED TO CERTAIN APPLICANTS IN AN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM."
description: "CONCERNING STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES FOR A TIERED SYSTEM OF EDUCATOR LICENSURE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TYPE OF LICENSE ISSUED TO CERTAIN APPLICANTS IN AN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1463"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1463 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dotson", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-20T19:53:16+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-30T15:04:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/146b312d-f1dc-4009-b915-8a52b9b3528a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c142603d2b5b682e7fb1aa7e0fbc0ff64e6ba703be0f9877fdddb9e849f38a21"
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 1463 (2023) — CONCERNING STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES FOR A TIERED SYSTEM OF EDUCATOR LICENSURE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TYPE OF LICENSE ISSUED TO CERTAIN APPLICANTS IN AN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 416** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=416.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1463-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1463** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1463.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Dotson — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20T19:53:16+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-20T23:24:51+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`
- **2023-03-02T17:29:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T14:37:01+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-06T14:37:03+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-06T16:36:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-07T20:16:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T21:47:51+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-07T21:48:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T18:32:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T20:05:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T20:05:25+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-28T20:56:58+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-28T20:56:59+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-29T13:28:42+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-30T15:04:29+00:00** Notification that HB1463 is now Act 416 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/146b312d-f1dc-4009-b915-8a52b9b3528a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).