---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPEAL THE STATUTE CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION AGAINST A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS GRANTING A LEGAL TRANSFER UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS."
description: "TO REPEAL THE STATUTE CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION AGAINST A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS GRANTING A LEGAL TRANSFER UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1199"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1199 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barker", "J. Bryant"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-22T20:01:14+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-18T19:34:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a920a94c-f4f5-443d-a728-0363258c8cc5"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "143783c27d8b72fb656defeb64e8abf5656652542c83cbfea1f0362719169e25"
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 1199 (2025) — TO REPEAL THE STATUTE CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION AGAINST A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS GRANTING A LEGAL TRANSFER UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=118.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1199-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1199** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1199.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Barker — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22T20:01:14+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-22T22:41:08+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`
- **2025-02-04T19:29:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T19:49:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05T22:09:03+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-05T22:09:12+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T19:38:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11T19:50:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-11T19:50:46+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-11T20:24:09+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-13T17:21:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-13T17:21:40+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-02-13T19:45:27+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-02-17T19:57:35+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-02-17T19:57:37+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-02-17T19:57:51+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-02-18T19:34:40+00:00** Notification that HB1199 is now Act 118 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a920a94c-f4f5-443d-a728-0363258c8cc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).