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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO CREATE THE GIVEN NAME ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO USE A PERSON'S PREFERRED PRONOUN, NAME, OR TITLE WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT."
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description: "TO CREATE THE GIVEN NAME ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO USE A PERSON'S PREFERRED PRONOUN, NAME, OR TITLE WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 1468"
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citation: "Arkansas HB 1468 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Long", "M. Johnson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-20T22:10:22+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-04-11T16:35:05+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6d2ba02-78fc-4b12-a82d-ee0149eba9a7"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "4c516484565d6c71fdad32b76ed9231ddadd831053315be59a970bfb532ad480"
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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 HB 1468 (2023) — TO CREATE THE GIVEN NAME ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO USE A PERSON'S PREFERRED PRONOUN, NAME, OR TITLE WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT.
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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. **Act 542** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=542.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
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2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1468-H1.pdf)
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3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1468-H2.pdf)
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4. **HB 1468** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1468.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed. — **20–5** (pass) · upper
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **65–18** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Long — primary (person)
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- M. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
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- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
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- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
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- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
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- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
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- McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
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- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
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- Rose — cosponsor (person)
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- Rye — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-20T22:10:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2023-02-20T23:26:07+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`
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- **2023-03-07T14:32:11+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2023-03-07T14:32:13+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-07T16:11:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2023-03-09T18:14:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-13T19:16:01+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-14T16:59:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-15T13:31:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2023-03-15T13:31:47+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-15T15:44:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2023-03-27T19:48:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27T22:48:35+00:00** Received from the House.
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- **2023-03-27T22:48:46+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-29T18:36:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-05T23:10:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-05T23:11:10+00:00** Sounding of the Ballot. Five hands were seen.
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- **2023-04-05T23:11:17+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
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- **2023-04-06T00:15:07+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
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- **2023-04-06T00:15:10+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
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- **2023-04-06T14:55:10+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
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- **2023-04-11T16:35:05+00:00** Notification that HB1468 is now Act 542 `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/c6d2ba02-78fc-4b12-a82d-ee0149eba9a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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