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Arkansas HouseHB1536

TO WITHHOLD STATE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEMS IN SCHOOL BUSES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

Passed 68–9Bipartisan

What it does: As introduced, withholds a school district's state transportation funding until it either puts a bus passenger restraint proposal on the next school election ballot or buys, installs and maintains restraint systems on newly purchased buses. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

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The tally

Yes 68 · No 9 · Not voting 13 · Present 10

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting / present
Democrats1513
Republicans53810 / 10

Most Democrats voted yes; most Republicans voted yes. 9 members voted against their party’s majority.

Voted against their party’s majority

The full roll (100)

Yes 68

No 9

Present 10

Not voting 13

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.