---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE LIMITATION ON SCHOOL CHOICE TRANSFERS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE LIMITATION ON SCHOOL CHOICE TRANSFERS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1185"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1185 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "J. Mayberry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-23T19:05:25+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-24T17:42:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2403fd4-5040-4971-b654-014ffd3c9059"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "aa7d98afd88fe81d1a5e239179673ecfd2e105fe503debb795bff8dbce3671b2"
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 1185 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE LIMITATION ON SCHOOL CHOICE TRANSFERS UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=129.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1185-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1185-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1185** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1185.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- J. Mayberry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23T19:05:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-23T20:02:12+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`
- **2023-02-02T14:35:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-02T14:35:03+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-02T16:24:57+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-07T17:49:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T20:12:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T21:56:27+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-08T21:56:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T19:20:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16T17:31:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-16T17:31:32+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-16T19:01:27+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-20T19:52:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-20T19:53:04+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-02-20T20:59:05+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-02-20T20:59:12+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T17:39:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T19:59:39+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-02-22T19:59:43+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-22T20:55:56+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-24T17:42:07+00:00** Notification that HB1185 is now Act 129 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2403fd4-5040-4971-b654-014ffd3c9059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).