---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND NOVICE TEACHER MENTORING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE TEACHER EXCELLENCE AND SUPPORT SYSTEM; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND NOVICE TEACHER MENTORING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE TEACHER EXCELLENCE AND SUPPORT SYSTEM; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1189"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1189 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Leding", "Vaught"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-22T14:24:41+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-25T22:47:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/852e3759-f1c2-4688-a988-9c57e63475d3"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a8c4a9ae96d5d82ebeca77818c1040336ee89cfaf1a0aa0e05dac91ef563a8a5"
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 1189 (2025) — AN ACT TO AMEND NOVICE TEACHER MENTORING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE TEACHER EXCELLENCE AND SUPPORT SYSTEM; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 135** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=135.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1189-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1189-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1189-H3.pdf)
5. **HB 1189** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1189.pdf)

## Sponsors

- G. Leding — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22T14:24:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-22T22:38:32+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`
- **2025-02-04T14:29:53+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-04T14:29:55+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-04T17:01:30+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-05T14:24:31+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-05T14:24:35+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-05T15:55:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-06T19:16:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10T14:33:58+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-10T14:34:00+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-10T18:36:25+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-11T20:01:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-11T21:44:38+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-11T21:56:53+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17T19:56:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18T17:17:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T17:17:24+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-02-18T19:34:30+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-18T19:34:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-02-20T15:26:26+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-02-25T22:47:57+00:00** Notification that HB1189 is now Act 135 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/852e3759-f1c2-4688-a988-9c57e63475d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).