---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - ARKANSAS STATE LIBRARY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - ARKANSAS STATE LIBRARY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2022F"
identifier: "HB 1068"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1068 (2022F)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-08T16:21:59+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-04T01:27:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bf1b2a5-a13a-4541-a755-8a671bf6825d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5fe015def37b437e3ced4eee37039af9fe91300823b7c6ba7e776c7b686fa503"
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 1068 (2022F) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - ARKANSAS STATE LIBRARY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2022F%2FPublic%2F&file=119.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2021%2F2022F)
2. **HB 1068** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2021/2022F/Bills/HB1068.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08T16:21:59+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2022-02-14T20:03:11+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T17:05:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23T19:32:59+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2022-02-23T19:33:00+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2022-02-23T19:33:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-28T18:22:45+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2022-02-28T18:23:17+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T20:32:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-01T20:32:25+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2022-03-01T21:31:23+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2022-03-01T21:31:26+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2022-03-02T15:54:44+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2022-03-04T01:27:09+00:00** Notification that HB1068 is now Act 119 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bf1b2a5-a13a-4541-a755-8a671bf6825d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).