TO CREATE THE LEARNS ACT; TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE AS THEY RELATE TO EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH GRADE TWELVE EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Signed into Law
Mar 2023
Introduced Feb 20, 2023
Signed Mar 14, 2023
Floor votes · House Mar 2, 2023
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
13
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 14, 2023
Signed into law
Notification that SB294 is now Act 237
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Mar 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Mar 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
Motion by Rep. Pilkington for immediate consideration passed
lower
Mar 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Feb 27, 2023
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Feb 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 20, 2023
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 58 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Breanne Davis
RRepublican
P
Keith Brooks
RRepublican
Co
Aaron Pilkington
RRepublican
Co
Alan Clark
RRepublican
Co
Austin McCollum
RRepublican
Co
Bart Hester
RRepublican
Co
Ben Gilmore
RRepublican
Co
Blake Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Brandon Achor
RRepublican
Co
Bruce Cozart
RRepublican
Co
Cameron Cooper
RRepublican
Co
Carlton Wing
RRepublican
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