---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING FREE SPEECH RIGHTS AT STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
description: "CONCERNING FREE SPEECH RIGHTS AT STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 125"
citation: "Arkansas SB 125 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "J. Dotson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-25T20:54:25+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:35:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c5d0fea-f35f-40cf-9306-754d51b7dae9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ed9da7d149d7fffc272e4dbf9ff3587a5d3dec892939b9257caff340bfa44cd8"
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 SB 125 (2023) — CONCERNING FREE SPEECH RIGHTS AT STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 614** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=614.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB125-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB125-S2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB125-S3.pdf)
5. **SB 125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB125.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beck — primary (person)
- J. Dotson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25T20:54:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-25T21:28:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T14:14:31+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-09T14:14:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-09T14:14:43+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-09T17:14:23+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-09T17:14:30+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T20:39:32+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-14T20:39:48+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2023-03-14T20:39:53+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-14T20:39:59+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-14T21:45:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-14T21:45:43+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T19:00:07+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-15T19:01:29+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 3
- **2023-03-15T19:01:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-15T19:01:41+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-15T20:37:11+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-15T20:37:25+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T18:29:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T19:22:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:22:27+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-28T21:03:34+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-28T22:48:35+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`
- **2023-04-04T22:52:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T00:56:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T00:56:25+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:15:20+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:15:23+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:39:13+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:39:15+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:35:07+00:00** Notification that SB125 is now Act 614 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c5d0fea-f35f-40cf-9306-754d51b7dae9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).