SB 572 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

TO CREATE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ACCESS AND TRANSPARENCY ACT; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLIC ACCESS TO LEARNING MATERIALS.

Senate Bill 572, known as the Public School Access and Transparency Act, requires public access to learning materials used and maintained by public schools. The bill specifies that custodians for public schools are responsible for these materials. It also establishes guidelines for individuals accessing copyrighted learning materials, stipulating that such materials can only be used for public inspection and any copies must adhere to fair use provisions under federal copyright laws.
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 28, 2025 Signed Apr 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 649 SB 572 · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from Act 649 to SB 572, removing the approval date line and adding blank lines for spacing. This appears to be a technical formatting change rather than a substantive policy modification.
TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date line (APPROVED: 4/16/25) that was present in the previous Act 649 version.

Added two blank lines at the beginning of the document for formatting purposes.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Apr 18, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB572 is now Act 649
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Mar 28, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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