---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO CONSOLIDATE GRIEVANCES INTO A GROUP GRIEVANCE IF MULTIPLE SCHOOL EMPLOYEES HAVE FILED INDIVIDUAL GRIEVANCES THAT ARE THE SAME GRIEVANCE FOR PURPOSES OF AN APPEAL."
description: "TO ALLOW A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO CONSOLIDATE GRIEVANCES INTO A GROUP GRIEVANCE IF MULTIPLE SCHOOL EMPLOYEES HAVE FILED INDIVIDUAL GRIEVANCES THAT ARE THE SAME GRIEVANCE FOR PURPOSES OF AN APPEAL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1691"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1691 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wing"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-24T21:29:10+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T14:58:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0286932-838c-42c1-bd6b-8bde8b4402b6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "95ef664a634b0cf3a7fd5cbbc0cc7c0289cb883b411d736c96a809eedf7c1270"
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 1691 (2023) — TO ALLOW A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO CONSOLIDATE GRIEVANCES INTO A GROUP GRIEVANCE IF MULTIPLE SCHOOL EMPLOYEES HAVE FILED INDIVIDUAL GRIEVANCES THAT ARE THE SAME GRIEVANCE FOR PURPOSES OF AN APPEAL.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 745** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=745.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1691** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1691.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wing — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-24T21:29:10+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-27T22:55:19+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`
- **2023-03-30T18:28:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T20:55:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T00:45:43+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T00:45:50+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T17:28:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T19:46:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:46:03+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:04:51+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:04:53+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:35:35+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T14:58:02+00:00** Notification that HB1691 is now Act 745 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0286932-838c-42c1-bd6b-8bde8b4402b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).