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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SOCIAL WORK LICENSING BOARD; TO REMOVE A RACIAL REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE ARKANSAS SOCIAL WORK LICENSING BOARD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SOCIAL WORK LICENSING BOARD; TO REMOVE A RACIAL REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE ARKANSAS SOCIAL WORK LICENSING BOARD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 264"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 264 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Womack"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-14T19:08:54+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-03-14T18:25:26+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f921fc31-d3f4-4727-bf05-4934ff5506ca"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "698f18be06e4a652b66a5dd0a019e49e8bea5822167f291d7de71b62c5b597ea"
+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 264 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SOCIAL WORK LICENSING BOARD; TO REMOVE A RACIAL REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE ARKANSAS SOCIAL WORK LICENSING BOARD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=254.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB264-S1.pdf)
+3. **SB 264** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB264.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **26–7** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **68–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Irvin — primary (person)
+- Womack — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-14T19:08:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-02-14T19:49:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-22T19:28:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-23T17:37:05+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-02-23T17:37:12+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2023-02-23T20:16:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-02-27T19:56:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-27T19:56:12+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-02-27T19:56:31+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-02-27T21:38:44+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-02-27T23:07:48+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`
+- **2023-03-07T22:34:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-08T20:30:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-08T20:30:51+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-03-08T20:30:57+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-03-08T21:58:28+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2023-03-08T21:58:32+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-03-08T22:00:42+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-03-08T22:00:46+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-14T18:25:26+00:00** Notification that SB264 is now Act 254 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f921fc31-d3f4-4727-bf05-4934ff5506ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+