---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE PROFESSIONAL OR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS."
description: "CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE PROFESSIONAL OR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 473"
citation: "Arkansas SB 473 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Hodges", "J. Bryant"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-23T21:47:01+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T13:30:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2673d80d-ccb1-4dbb-b370-fc250b647ead"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "eb7f435a523174872c2253031ff0a02753292009be2f31b7929adbddbe795291"
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 473 (2023) — CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE PROFESSIONAL OR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 776** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=776.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 473** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB473.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and failed. — **38–37** (fail) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **26–7** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **70–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23T21:47:01+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-23T22:22:12+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:31:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T22:11:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T22:11:59+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-30T23:03:56+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-31T01:45:42+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`
- **2023-04-05T02:41:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T01:26:19+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T16:28:36+00:00** Motion by Rep. Wardlaw to reconsider SB473 passed
- **2023-04-06T16:29:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T16:29:35+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:26:28+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:26:30+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:31:16+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:31:19+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T13:30:25+00:00** Notification that SB473 is now Act 776 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2673d80d-ccb1-4dbb-b370-fc250b647ead`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).