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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO CLARIFY THAT THE DIVISION OF PROVIDER SERVICES AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES CERTIFIES AND REGULATES LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES."
+description: "TO CLARIFY THAT THE DIVISION OF PROVIDER SERVICES AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES CERTIFIES AND REGULATES LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 188"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 188 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Schulz"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-02-01T20:40:41+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-03-01T22:15:36+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91f11ce0-665c-4a0b-aee5-416bec5f8743"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "5f312db0aa26ee7843ee9657e7dc509a4f293f471fb5ee09cffc21426ede179b"
+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 188 (2023) — TO CLARIFY THAT THE DIVISION OF PROVIDER SERVICES AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES CERTIFIES AND REGULATES LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=164.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB188-H1.pdf)
+3. **SB 188** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB188.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Irvin — primary (person)
+- Schulz — primary (person)
+- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-01T20:40:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-02-01T21:37:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-08T19:23:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-09T17:34:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-09T17:34:09+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-02-09T19:01:24+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-02-09T22:37:35+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14T17:26:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-16T14:31:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-02-16T14:31:16+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-16T16:24:05+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-02-21T20:30:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-21T20:30:20+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2023-02-21T22:04:10+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended #1
+- **2023-02-23T17:35:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-02-23T17:35:57+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
+- **2023-02-23T17:36:01+00:00** Rules suspended.
+- **2023-02-23T17:36:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-23T17:36:17+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-02-23T20:58:57+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-02-23T20:59:03+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-01T22:15:36+00:00** Notification that SB188 is now Act 164 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91f11ce0-665c-4a0b-aee5-416bec5f8743`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+