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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT IN ARKANSAS KIDS PROGRAM ACT AND THE ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM ACCOUNT PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT IN ARKANSAS KIDS PROGRAM ACT AND THE ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM ACCOUNT PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023S1"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Arkansas SB 5 (2023S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Barker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-09-08T20:45:47+00:00"
last_action: "2023-09-15T17:06:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1397fe78-ed88-4b5f-a33e-5087ad6339de"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9992b98fa129256db34d6cd54cf33b70695bd723a5adb5db03d4acb41c160642"
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 SB 5 (2023S1) — TO AMEND THE PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT IN ARKANSAS KIDS PROGRAM ACT AND THE ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM ACCOUNT PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023S1%2FPublic%2F&file=5.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023S1)
2. **SB 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2023S1%2FPublic%2FSB5.pdf)
## Sponsors
- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Barker — primary (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-09-08T20:45:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-09-11T16:22:00+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-11T20:03:09+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-09-11T20:03:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-12T15:23:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12T15:23:56+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-09-12T15:24:40+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-09-12T15:59:34+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-09-12T16:11:30+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`
- **2023-09-13T14:52:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-14T14:32:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T14:32:37+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-09-14T14:32:43+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-09-14T15:14:15+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-09-14T15:14:21+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-09-14T15:24:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-09-14T15:24:08+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15T17:06:00+00:00** Notification that SB5 is now Act 5 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1397fe78-ed88-4b5f-a33e-5087ad6339de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).