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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE CERTIFICATE FOR BENEFITS FOR BURIAL ASSOCIATIONS; AND TO CLARIFY THE PERCENTAGE PAYABLE TO SUBSTITUTE SERVICE-PROVIDING FUNERAL HOMES BASED ON MEMBERSHIP DATA AND PROXIMITY TO THE CONTRACT FUNERAL HOME."
+description: "TO AMEND THE CERTIFICATE FOR BENEFITS FOR BURIAL ASSOCIATIONS; AND TO CLARIFY THE PERCENTAGE PAYABLE TO SUBSTITUTE SERVICE-PROVIDING FUNERAL HOMES BASED ON MEMBERSHIP DATA AND PROXIMITY TO THE CONTRACT FUNERAL HOME."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 98"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 98 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Rye"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-23T20:30:19+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-02-23T17:21:48+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6914363-c249-49f4-bba8-e23b489724a9"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "34ecab92a3664b6cb1b5fd7a84c0816d7713bbaf29983d30eeebfe64b125dfdc"
+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 98 (2023) — TO AMEND THE CERTIFICATE FOR BENEFITS FOR BURIAL ASSOCIATIONS; AND TO CLARIFY THE PERCENTAGE PAYABLE TO SUBSTITUTE SERVICE-PROVIDING FUNERAL HOMES BASED ON MEMBERSHIP DATA AND PROXIMITY TO THE CONTRACT FUNERAL HOME.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 81** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=81.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **SB 98** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB98.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- D. Wallace — primary (person)
+- Rye — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-23T20:30:19+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-01-23T21:09:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-31T17:52:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-01T19:32:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-01T19:32:27+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-02-01T21:59:35+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-02-01T22:24:06+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-08T19:21:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-13T20:13:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-13T20:13:36+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-02-13T21:25:07+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2023-02-13T21:25:12+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-02-14T16:34:17+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-02-14T16:34:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-02-23T17:21:48+00:00** Notification that SB98 is now Act 81 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6914363-c249-49f4-bba8-e23b489724a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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