SB 402 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

TO PROHIBIT A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE COOPERATIVE FROM REQUIRING OR TAKING CERTAIN ACTIONS RELATED TO EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.

SB 402, now Act 725, prohibits public school districts and educational service cooperatives from requiring or taking certain actions related to employee organizations and professional associations. The specific actions that are prohibited are not detailed in the provided bill text, which is an amendment. This amendment primarily expanded the scope of the bill to include educational service cooperatives in addition to public school districts.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Mar 6, 2025 Signed Apr 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 725 SB 402 · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text was converted from Act 725 (approved legislation) to SB 402 (draft bill), with the approval date removed as expected when a bill is reintroduced. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content.
TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date (4/17/25) and Act 725 designation, as this is now a new bill introduction rather than an enacted law.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Apr 18, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB402 is now Act 725
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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