---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1810"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1810 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "Joey Carr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-17T18:25:44+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:10:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e57d6544-8214-49b4-adf1-76706a8ef601"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "72794f6f042685dc38ee700501008854c1182070a967481955e0835135643619"
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 1810 (2025) — TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 796** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=796.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1810-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1810-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1810** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1810.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)
- Joey Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-17T18:25:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-17T23:48:47+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`
- **2025-03-20T22:33:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T13:36:54+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-31T13:36:56+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-31T19:09:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-01T19:31:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T19:31:37+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-02T00:37:32+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-02T00:37:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T18:25:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08T12:48:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-08T12:48:55+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-08T18:29:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-10T01:24:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T01:25:05+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-10T01:25:18+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-10T13:40:37+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-10T13:40:43+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T18:51:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T19:46:54+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-16T13:29:09+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:10:24+00:00** Notification that HB1810 is now Act 796 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e57d6544-8214-49b4-adf1-76706a8ef601`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).