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HB1689

To Require a Public High School to Grant Access to Its Facilities to Military Recruiters; and to Require Certain State-Supported Postsecondary Institutions to Grant Access to Its Facilities to Military Recruiters.

M. Shepherd · 2025 Regular Session · Notification that HB1689 is now Act 355 · Act 355

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TO REQUIRE A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TO GRANT ACCESS TO ITS FACILITIES TO MILITARY RECRUITERS; AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN STATE-SUPPORTED POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS TO GRANT ACCESS TO ITS FACILITIES TO MILITARY RECRUITERS.

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8 mentions · 4 meetings · 4 named speakers

Senate Convenes

March 18, 2025 · on the agenda

Matched: “HB1689 M. Shepherd Wallace TO REQUIRE A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TO GRAN…”

are final bill of the day. This House Bill 1689. House
Senator Fredrick J. Love · 2:11:43 in the video
vote of 34 yeah, 0 nay, 1 on leave. House Bill 1689 has passed. Please return to the house.
Senator Fredrick J. Love · 2:16:06 in the video
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Education Committee - Senate

March 17, 2025 · Education Committee - Senate & House Meeting Jointly with Advanced Communications & Information · on the agenda

Matched: “HB1689 M. Shepherd TO REQUIRE A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TO GRANT ACCESS…”

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House Convenes

March 12, 2025 · on the agenda

Matched: “HB1689 M. Shepherd TO REQUIRE A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TO GRANT ACCESS…”

please read House Bill 1689. Representative Shepherd to require a public high school to grant access to its facilities to military recruiters and to require certain state-supported post-secondary institutions to
...d, you're recognized to explain your bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, uh, House Bill 1689 just serves to, uh, clarify the access that is to be provided for military recruiters in our high schools and also our, uh, post-secondary insti...
Representative Matthew J. Shepherd · 39:17 in the video
for the bill? Representative Shepard is closed for the bill. Question before the house is the passage of House Bill 1689. Prepare the machine, madam clerk. So everyone voted So everyone voted. Cast up the ballot.
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Education Committee- House

March 11, 2025 · Education Committee (House) · on the agenda

Matched: “hb1689”

seen a quorum without objection we're going to move House Bill 1689 off of pending fiscal impact for consideration. Seeing
Chair (Representative Brit McKenzie) · 0:11 in the video
...l come out of recess, um, committee staff is passing around the fiscal note for House Bill 1689, um, uh, I'll go ahead and uh uh recognize Representative Shepherd to begin presentation on this bill, um, given that the fiscal impact is zero,...
Chair (Representative Brit McKenzie) · 6:30 in the video
...Arkansas National Guard. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, members of the committee, House Bill 1689 is uh fairly simple bill, uh, basically what this bill does is it builds off of prior legislation, uh, and simply requires access to our Nationa...
Representative Matthew J. Shepherd · 7:15 in the video
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