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Arkansas HouseHB1705

TO REQUIRE INFORMATION CONCERNING HOW THE RELIGIOUS AND MORAL BELIEFS OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS INFLUENCED THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE EMBEDDED INTO EXISTING SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS.

Passed 76–19Party-line

What it does: Requires the State Board of Education, starting 2026-27, to add to grade 6-12 social studies instruction on the founding fathers' religious and moral beliefs and how they influenced the founding documents, including the Declaration of Independence preamble. (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 76 · No 19 · Not voting 5

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

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting
Democrats0190
Republicans7605

Most Democrats voted no; most Republicans voted yes.

The full roll (100)

Yes 76

No 19

Not voting 5

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