---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODIFY THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR CERTIFICATION TO PRACTICE AS AN ORTHOTIC ASSISTANT, ORTHOTIC/PROSTHETIC ASSISTANT, OR PROSTHETIC ASSISTANT."
description: "TO MODIFY THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR CERTIFICATION TO PRACTICE AS AN ORTHOTIC ASSISTANT, ORTHOTIC/PROSTHETIC ASSISTANT, OR PROSTHETIC ASSISTANT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Arkansas SB 22 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-12-17T22:31:49+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T18:11:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b98d8fd-600a-4891-ad6c-64cc9f261530"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "bd85f92b82f06585ecccf07391ddf801d945a7f8d2bd7f6313602601e727aa8c"
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 22 (2021) — TO MODIFY THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR CERTIFICATION TO PRACTICE AS AN ORTHOTIC ASSISTANT, ORTHOTIC/PROSTHETIC ASSISTANT, OR PROSTHETIC ASSISTANT.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB22-S1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB22-S2.pdf)
3. **SB 22** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB22.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-12-17T22:31:49+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T21:21:38+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T14:45:37+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-02-09T14:45:47+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-09T19:13:00+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-09T19:13:30+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T22:46:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04T19:19:35+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-04T19:19:56+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-04T21:10:03+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-08T19:22:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-08T19:23:31+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-08T21:55:24+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-08T22:45:41+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`
- **2021-03-16T22:55:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T19:47:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T19:47:47+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-18T21:50:46+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-18T21:50:55+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-22T17:46:21+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-22T17:46:26+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T18:11:35+00:00** Notification that SB22 is now Act 445 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b98d8fd-600a-4891-ad6c-64cc9f261530`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).