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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE LAWS REGARDING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS TO OBTAIN CONSISTENCY REGARDING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND DISQUALIFYING OFFENSES FOR LICENSURE."
+description: "TO AMEND THE LAWS REGARDING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS TO OBTAIN CONSISTENCY REGARDING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND DISQUALIFYING OFFENSES FOR LICENSURE."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 451"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 451 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J. Cooper"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-02-27"
+last_action: "2019-04-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6f6e89a-510c-40fd-874a-11c5221244b1"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "c4d184ffedd3c9710a947ea67a285cad69cdd94d0058dbfad0632d23faa3dedb"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
+---
+
+# Arkansas SB 451 (2019) — TO AMEND THE LAWS REGARDING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS TO OBTAIN CONSISTENCY REGARDING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND DISQUALIFYING OFFENSES FOR LICENSURE.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=SB451-S1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
+2. **SB 451** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB451.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **69–11** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J. Cooper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-27** Filed `introduction`
+- **2019-02-27** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-14** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-18** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2019-03-18** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2019-03-18** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2019-03-19** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-19** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2019-03-19** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2019-03-19** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-02** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-03** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2019-04-03** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-03** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2019-04-05** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-05** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2019-04-05** Returned From the House as passed as amended.
+- **2019-04-05** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-08** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2019-04-09** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
+- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended.
+- **2019-04-09** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-09** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2019-04-10** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2019-04-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-17** Notification that SB451 is now Act 990 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6f6e89a-510c-40fd-874a-11c5221244b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+