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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015; AND TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT."
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description: "TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015; AND TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT."
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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: "SB 400"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 400 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-09T19:56:31+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-04-12T21:50:17+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71eca958-f8a0-438a-9bb9-f4d8bfe39200"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "b922091aa15c65585bf6f31cd2e73e535e3d1cbca1506d6299d73878e6beef8f"
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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 400 (2023) — TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015; AND TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT.
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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 768** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=768.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
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2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB400-S1.pdf)
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3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB400-S2.pdf)
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4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB400-S3.pdf)
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5. **SB 400** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB400.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–2** (pass) · lower
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- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- A. Clark — primary (person)
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- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- Dees — cosponsor (person)
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- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
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- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)
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- J. English — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Chesterfield — cosponsor (person)
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- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
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- Stone — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-09T19:56:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2023-03-09T21:36:35+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-29T20:33:09+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2023-03-29T20:33:42+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
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- **2023-03-29T20:33:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2023-03-29T20:33:50+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2023-03-29T22:19:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2023-03-29T22:19:55+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-30T19:50:23+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2023-03-30T19:50:51+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
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- **2023-03-30T19:50:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2023-03-30T19:51:02+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2023-03-30T21:41:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2023-03-31T00:35:29+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2023-03-31T00:35:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2023-03-31T00:35:45+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2023-03-31T01:08:16+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2023-03-31T01:08:25+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-03T18:01:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-04T18:55:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-04T18:55:22+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2023-04-04T22:12:24+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2023-04-05T00:55:45+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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- **2023-04-06T17:14:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2023-04-07T15:20:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-07T15:20:34+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
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- **2023-04-07T18:10:30+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
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- **2023-04-07T18:10:32+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2023-04-07T19:14:33+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2023-04-07T19:14:35+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-12T21:50:17+00:00** Notification that SB400 is now Act 768 `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/71eca958-f8a0-438a-9bb9-f4d8bfe39200`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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