---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT PUBLIC COMMENT AT EACH MEETING OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS."
description: "TO REQUIRE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT PUBLIC COMMENT AT EACH MEETING OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 90"
citation: "Arkansas SB 90 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "J. English"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-22T19:56:05+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:38:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3272789-4040-4d11-973e-c14d47599bcc"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a64d38cabd3027b19e2a350770e7e3a2d671248c055f1e5def51c7905580e646"
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 SB 90 (2025) — TO REQUIRE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT PUBLIC COMMENT AT EACH MEETING OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 902** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=902.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB90-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB90-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB90-S1.pdf)
5. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB90-S2.pdf)
6. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB90-S3.pdf)
7. **SB 90** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB90.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22T19:56:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-22T20:58:50+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27T14:00:29+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-01-27T14:00:35+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-01-27T19:34:44+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-01-27T19:34:55+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05T14:02:08+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2025-02-05T14:02:19+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-05T19:37:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-05T19:37:12+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T14:18:13+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 3
- **2025-02-10T14:18:20+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-10T19:34:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-10T19:34:51+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T19:37:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13T16:27:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-13T16:27:38+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-13T19:31:39+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-13T23:05:04+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`
- **2025-04-07T13:42:26+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T13:42:28+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-07T16:25:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-08T18:41:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09T13:34:21+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-09T13:34:23+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09T17:01:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-14T22:05:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T22:05:29+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2025-04-15T01:13:07+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 .
- **2025-04-15T18:22:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-15T18:22:53+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 & 2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-15T18:23:00+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-15T18:23:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T18:23:29+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T12:32:18+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-16T12:32:23+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22T21:38:56+00:00** Notification that SB90 is now Act 902 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3272789-4040-4d11-973e-c14d47599bcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).