---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE THAT A PETITION OF A STUDENT TO TRANSFER FROM ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL."
description: "TO REQUIRE THAT A PETITION OF A STUDENT TO TRANSFER FROM ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1604"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1604 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barker", "J. Bryant"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-13T18:14:12+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T14:53:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c51a00b7-0a1b-45ac-b2e8-989ac4d447cc"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "16866f15014cd5ff564a8db16406425c6445724c9b5684c6626db511d2a253d1"
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 1604 (2023) — TO REQUIRE THAT A PETITION OF A STUDENT TO TRANSFER FROM ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 731** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=731.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1604-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1604** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1604.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barker — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-13T18:14:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-13T22:59:00+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`
- **2023-03-28T18:41:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T19:26:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T23:28:57+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-29T23:29:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T20:46:27+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-03T20:46:36+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-04-03T20:46:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-03T20:46:45+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-04-03T21:58:25+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-03T21:58:31+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T23:59:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T01:09:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T01:09:46+00:00** Returned to the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T02:56:04+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T02:56:11+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T17:12:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T21:53:02+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-06T21:53:08+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:30:21+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T14:53:16+00:00** Notification that HB1604 is now Act 731 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c51a00b7-0a1b-45ac-b2e8-989ac4d447cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).