---
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).