---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PERMIT A LOCAL BOARD OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL ZONES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
description: "TO PERMIT A LOCAL BOARD OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL ZONES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1619"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1619 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Hodges", "J. Bryant"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-14T16:32:20+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:22:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12a86918-0c9f-40fc-ae6c-9bb82082f2ac"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0ff018f6649930a2f3a4313f9bf9970fef5fa2d452024909394724c6a433d975"
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 1619 (2023) — TO PERMIT A LOCAL BOARD OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL ZONES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 519** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=519.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1619** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1619.pdf)

## Votes

- 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

- G. Hodges — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-14T16:32:20+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-14T22:00:17+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`
- **2023-03-28T18:40:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T19:08:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T23:28:34+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-29T23:28:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T18:32:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T20:38:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:38:19+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:22:32+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:22:34+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T14:10:05+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:22:55+00:00** Notification that HB1619 is now Act 519 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12a86918-0c9f-40fc-ae6c-9bb82082f2ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).