Arkansas Code Title 6. Education § 6-85-501. Introduction of bills

(1) A bill that creates a new scholarship to be funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable; and

(2) A bill that affects an existing scholarship that is funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable.

(b)(1) A bill creating a new scholarship to be funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable, or affecting an existing scholarship that is funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable, shall not be introduced after the thirty-first day of a regular session unless its introduction is first approved by a three-fourths vote of the full membership of each chamber of the General Assembly.

(2) If the General Assembly recesses for longer than three (3) consecutive days during the first thirty-one (31) days of a regular session, the deadline imposed under this section shall be extended for a time period equal to the recess.