---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE AN INCORPORATED TOWN OR A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS TO PETITION THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LOCAL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR SATELLITE SCHOOL UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE AN INCORPORATED TOWN OR A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS TO PETITION THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LOCAL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR SATELLITE SCHOOL UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1966"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1966 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-01T22:04:48+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-21T16:28:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4e06507-c6b8-4e7e-8b8a-5ec162ea93c3"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "34ab93ef2e45a3839cf622b8d202f2dc882a2c90325910f1b427701d165c34eb"
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 1966 (2025) — TO AUTHORIZE AN INCORPORATED TOWN OR A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS TO PETITION THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LOCAL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR SATELLITE SCHOOL UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 914** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=914.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1966** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1966.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Barnett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-01T22:04:48+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-02T01:41:11+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`
- **2025-04-08T18:42:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09T20:41:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T22:42:08+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-09T22:42:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T15:41:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16T16:12:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T16:12:23+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-16T16:32:17+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-16T16:32:20+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T16:32:22+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-21T16:28:37+00:00** Notification that HB1966 is now Act 914 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4e06507-c6b8-4e7e-8b8a-5ec162ea93c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).