---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS REGARDING WATER SAFETY EDUCATION COURSES AND SWIMMING LESSONS."
description: "TO REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS REGARDING WATER SAFETY EDUCATION COURSES AND SWIMMING LESSONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1157"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1157 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "J. Dotson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17T20:21:39+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-21T13:38:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18e3c107-28a0-4603-8bc2-ade6aa1028de"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "97f782d0e3188a17bc6e756241cc2400ff71b81b7bd249ff07f022c36cdd786a"
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 1157 (2023) — TO REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS REGARDING WATER SAFETY EDUCATION COURSES AND SWIMMING LESSONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=101.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1157-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1157** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1157.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **77–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- J. Dotson — primary (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Duffield — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- Schulz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17T20:21:39+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-17T22:22:37+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`
- **2023-01-30T14:36:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-30T14:36:10+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-30T16:08:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-31T16:27:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T20:05:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T21:43:06+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-01T21:43:19+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T19:20:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16T18:01:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T18:01:27+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-16T20:08:51+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-16T20:08:53+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-16T20:40:42+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-21T13:38:00+00:00** Notification that HB1157 is now Act 101 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18e3c107-28a0-4603-8bc2-ade6aa1028de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).