HB 1189 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT TO AMEND NOVICE TEACHER MENTORING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE TEACHER EXCELLENCE AND SUPPORT SYSTEM; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

HB 1189 amends mentoring requirements for new teachers under the state's Teacher Excellence and Support System. The bill changes the structure of mentorship programs for novice educators, adjusting how support is provided during their initial teaching years. This directly affects new teachers and their assigned mentors within the state's public school system. The legislation, now enacted as Act 135, modifies specific provisions of the existing teacher development framework without altering overall program goals.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Feb 2025

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Signed Feb 25, 2025

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Act 135 → HB 1189 · 3 edits

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The document shows minor formatting and metadata changes to House Bill 1189, including the removal of 'Act 135' references and slight adjustments to date formatting. No substantive policy changes, scope modifications, or legislative content alterations are present in this diff.

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Removed 'Act 135 of the Regular Session' reference, indicating this is now a standalone bill rather than an amendment to Act 135

Minor formatting adjustment to approval date line, removing 'APPROVED: 2/25/25' text

Small spacing adjustment in header metadata line (removed extra space before date)

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Feb 25, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1189 is now Act 135

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from the Senate as passed.

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed.

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors