---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS GRANT EXCUSED ABSENCES TO STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN 4-H ACTIVITIES OR PROGRAMS."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS GRANT EXCUSED ABSENCES TO STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN 4-H ACTIVITIES OR PROGRAMS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1527"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1527 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "J. Bryant"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01T20:37:54+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T15:11:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec43193c-8827-498a-8397-b8f1e8faa550"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "02b112f80a470d13f221733b1940146b078feb6efe3956791278915c3a64ef0d"
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 1527 (2023) — TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS GRANT EXCUSED ABSENCES TO STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN 4-H ACTIVITIES OR PROGRAMS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 448** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=448.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1527** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1527.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- John Carr — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01T20:37:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-01T22:31:59+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`
- **2023-03-14T17:00:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T19:31:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T23:59:37+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-15T23:59:44+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:35:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T22:46:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T22:47:00+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-03-31T02:08:56+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-31T02:08:59+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-31T14:17:50+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-04T15:11:27+00:00** Notification that HB1527 is now Act 448 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec43193c-8827-498a-8397-b8f1e8faa550`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).