---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS WHO TRANSFER SCHOOLS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS WHO TRANSFER SCHOOLS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1633"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1633 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Hester"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-28T16:02:27+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-08T16:51:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6f47d8a-b9d1-4caa-b341-ed19d7007e17"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5524b3df31375dddd60c44e597de89110f707a15fcbea9d8927a86cc6b9b26c2"
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 1633 (2025) — TO AMEND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS WHO TRANSFER SCHOOLS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 475** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=475.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1633-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1633-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1633** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1633.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- M. Shepherd — cosponsor (person)
- McGruder — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28T16:02:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-03T23:16:53+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`
- **2025-03-06T19:38:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T13:35:03+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-10T13:35:05+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-10T17:43:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-12T18:55:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12T18:55:50+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-03-12T21:37:00+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-12T21:37:15+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T13:03:52+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-03-17T13:03:59+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-17T18:36:55+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-17T18:37:04+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T21:28:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19T23:40:53+00:00** Motion for Immediate Consideration. Motion failed.
- **2025-03-19T23:40:54+00:00** Roll Call Requested. Five Hands were seen.
- **2025-03-19T23:41:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T23:41:31+00:00** Emergency Clause failed of adoption.
- **2025-03-19T23:42:24+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which the Emergency Clause failed of adoption. Motion carried.
- **2025-03-19T23:42:49+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-03-19T23:43:01+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-03-20T13:51:03+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-03-20T13:51:04+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T18:26:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T19:12:33+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-02T19:12:35+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-03T13:46:31+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-08T16:51:02+00:00** Notification that HB1633 is now Act 475 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6f47d8a-b9d1-4caa-b341-ed19d7007e17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).