---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE NAME OF \"SOUTH ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE\" TO \"SOUTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE\"; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE NAME OF \"SOUTH ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE\" TO \"SOUTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE\"; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1383"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1383 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Shepherd", "Stone"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08T20:21:28+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-10T19:56:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/104360eb-8397-4ad5-a88b-6ad1909bad35"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6d15a9975cb6d9c5abd05e3f450a6ef735cfef6b405e4c3a8c4e94ba4c9b440a"
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 1383 (2023) — TO AMEND THE NAME OF "SOUTH ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE" TO "SOUTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE"; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=245.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1383-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1383** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1383.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Shepherd — primary (person)
- Stone — primary (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08T20:21:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-08T23:04:57+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`
- **2023-02-13T14:35:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-13T14:35:58+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-13T16:36:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-14T19:30:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15T20:22:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T20:22:42+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-15T22:07:08+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-15T22:07:15+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T19:28:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06T20:38:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T20:38:12+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-06T20:38:17+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-06T22:03:25+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-06T22:03:27+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-07T13:54:12+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-10T19:56:56+00:00** Notification that HB1383 is now Act 245 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/104360eb-8397-4ad5-a88b-6ad1909bad35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).