---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES APPROVED FOR ACADEMIC CREDIT FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES APPROVED FOR ACADEMIC CREDIT FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1489"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1489 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Garner", "J. Dotson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-22T21:02:39+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T14:49:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3bdab0d-80b1-4e97-826a-2e7dd0010a74"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b7d2cbe430adb75c45617be2ede0e916613c2f7f8da4948b09ef47243e9b50f7"
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 1489 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES APPROVED FOR ACADEMIC CREDIT FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 720** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=720.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1489** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1489.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Garner — primary (person)
- J. Dotson — primary (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Whitaker — cosponsor (person)
- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- J. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22T21:02:39+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-22T22:33:26+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`
- **2023-03-16T15:44:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T22:12:50+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-28T22:12:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T17:26:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T17:50:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T17:50:20+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:13:45+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:13:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:27:46+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T14:49:42+00:00** Notification that HB1489 is now Act 720 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3bdab0d-80b1-4e97-826a-2e7dd0010a74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).