republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2023/hb-1688.md

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Bill	TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AMOUNTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.	TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AMOUNTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.	us/states/ar	Arkansas Legislature	2023	HB 1688	Arkansas HB 1688 (2023)	bill		enacted	Evans J. English	2	15	2	2023-03-23T21:00:11+00:00	2023-04-12T14:57:46+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3a009d25-1b7d-4c21-b81a-f86cb0739342	ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt	4b25d343610c133ceaa73dde3843f58414ab5aee45842385690b250bcea6a07b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ar

Arkansas HB 1688 (2023) — TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AMOUNTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Act 744 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 1688 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read the third time and passed. — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — 77–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Evans — primary (person)
• J. English — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-23T21:00:11+00:00 Filed introduction
• 2023-03-27T22:54:34+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
• 2023-03-31T04:01:30+00:00 Returned by the Committee Do Pass committee-passage
• 2023-04-04T19:49:08+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-04T19:49:10+00:00 EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
• 2023-04-04T22:03:12+00:00 Received from the House.
• 2023-04-04T22:03:22+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-04-05T17:29:03+00:00 Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-06T19:31:45+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-06T19:31:51+00:00 EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
• 2023-04-06T19:31:57+00:00 Returned to the House as passed.
• 2023-04-06T22:04:40+00:00 Returned From the Senate as passed.
• 2023-04-06T22:04:41+00:00 TO BE ENROLLED
• 2023-04-07T15:35:49+00:00 Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
• 2023-04-12T14:57:46+00:00 Notification that HB1688 is now Act 744 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a009d25-1b7d-4c21-b81a-f86cb0739342. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).