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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL AND TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL WAIVERS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS CONCERNING SCHOOLS OF INNOVATION."
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description: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL AND TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL WAIVERS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS CONCERNING SCHOOLS OF INNOVATION."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 538"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 538 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["J. Sturch"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-03-12"
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last_action: "2019-04-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e899824f-6096-41b9-b92f-31affb2df614"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "a80fe4e417419a04a922f9787ed3dda3bef908680fa4aa53534ec5f719c83a14"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
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---
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# Arkansas SB 538 (2019) — TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL AND TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL WAIVERS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS CONCERNING SCHOOLS OF INNOVATION.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=SB538-H1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
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2. **SB 538** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB538.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- J. Sturch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-12** Filed `introduction`
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- **2019-03-12** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-20** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-25** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-03-25** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2019-03-25** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2019-03-25** 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`
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- **2019-03-26** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-27** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2019-03-27** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2019-03-27** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2019-03-28** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-03-28** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
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- **2019-04-01** Returned From the House as passed as amended.
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- **2019-04-01** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-03** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-04** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2019-04-04** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
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- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended.
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- **2019-04-04** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-04-04** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2019-04-05** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2019-04-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-10** Notification that SB538 is now Act 815 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e899824f-6096-41b9-b92f-31affb2df614`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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