Arkansas 2023 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 391 — CONCERNING CHAMPIONSHIP ATHLETIC GAMES HELD BETWEEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

Last action — Sine Die adjournment

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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The bill establishes that public school athletic teams that lose to private school teams in state championship games will still be considered state champions.

  • 6-18-114

    Athletic activity — State championship. (a) If a public school athletic team that qualifies to play in a state championship game plays against and loses to a private school athletic team in the state championship game, the public school athletic team shall be considered the state champion. (b) This section shall be retroactive in order to apply to a public school athletic team that has played against and lost to a private school athletic team before the effective date of this act. (c) As used in this section, "athletic team" means the public school student or group of public school students who participate in a school-affiliated sport at the public school in which he or she is enrolled.

    This addition defines a new rule for championship games, impacting how state champions are determined.

Action History

  1. Sine Die adjournment

  2. Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.

  3. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE

  4. Filed

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 137 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (137)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 391?
SB 391 is sponsored by Bryan King.
What is the current status of SB 391?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 391?
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