---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS OFFER CERTAIN COURSES TO EXPELLED STUDENTS."
description: "TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS OFFER CERTAIN COURSES TO EXPELLED STUDENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1539"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1539 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vaught"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-02T19:18:10+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T14:50:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d26c3e4d-24cc-468e-9ce4-6fb6ef254b9d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "df369a29b8dcefee0762b6dcc03cdae44367ae781fb6c95255debcc9401ca7d6"
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 1539 (2023) — TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS OFFER CERTAIN COURSES TO EXPELLED STUDENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 724** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=724.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1539** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1539.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **86–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vaught — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02T19:18:10+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-02T22:34:29+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`
- **2023-03-30T18:28:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T20:52:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T00:23:25+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T00:23:34+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T15:57:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T22:39:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T22:39:10+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:44:27+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:44:32+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:28:58+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T14:50:56+00:00** Notification that HB1539 is now Act 724 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d26c3e4d-24cc-468e-9ce4-6fb6ef254b9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).