---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DAYS INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MATERNITY LEAVE DAYS APPROVED BY A SCHOOL THAT OFFERS MATERNITY LEAVE."
description: "TO AMEND THE DAYS INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MATERNITY LEAVE DAYS APPROVED BY A SCHOOL THAT OFFERS MATERNITY LEAVE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1719"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1719 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Vaught"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-10T18:36:16+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-21T16:25:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a820f391-14c1-4503-bdd4-9917f55a7dd6"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "975c047311eef3227f07e1b9d9fd5b10a36057a444c4934cb4c10cf42b738d2f"
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 1719 (2025) — TO AMEND THE DAYS INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MATERNITY LEAVE DAYS APPROVED BY A SCHOOL THAT OFFERS MATERNITY LEAVE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 905** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=905.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1719-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1719-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1719** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1719.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10T18:36:16+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-10T22:47:20+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`
- **2025-04-03T19:12:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07T13:41:11+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T13:41:22+00:00** Amendment No. 1 & 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-07T16:24:39+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-07T16:24:46+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T18:41:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09T20:24:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T04:30:26+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-10T04:30:34+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T15:39:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15T20:27:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T20:28:02+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T22:18:25+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T22:18:36+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T20:27:40+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-21T16:25:11+00:00** Notification that HB1719 is now Act 905 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a820f391-14c1-4503-bdd4-9917f55a7dd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).