---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS ACCESS ACT; AND TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE AS THEY RELATE TO EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS ACCESS ACT; AND TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE AS THEY RELATE TO EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1512"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1512 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "M. Shepherd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-17T22:52:05+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-18T19:06:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e7bc069-be85-4707-a39f-991c343ef61e"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "88ff6e7956174dc0f4dbb3834fc069af9aef3dabe6a206a7c2b4eaaa848aa751"
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 1512 (2025) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS ACCESS ACT; AND TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE AS THEY RELATE TO EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 341** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=341.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1512-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1512-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1512** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1512.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- M. Shepherd — primary (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- John Carr — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Nazarenko — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-17T22:52:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T23:26:15+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`
- **2025-03-06T14:32:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-06T14:32:40+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06T21:30:47+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-10T23:02:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12T13:33:35+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-12T13:33:39+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-12T18:18:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-13T19:13:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T22:40:21+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-13T22:40:29+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-17T21:10:26+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-03-17T21:12:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T21:13:06+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-17T22:43:29+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-17T22:43:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-18T16:39:26+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-18T19:06:40+00:00** Notification that HB1512 is now Act 341 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e7bc069-be85-4707-a39f-991c343ef61e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).