---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF INITIATED ACT 4 OF 1948; AND TO REGULATE A DIRECT SELLER AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR."
description: "TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF INITIATED ACT 4 OF 1948; AND TO REGULATE A DIRECT SELLER AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 547"
citation: "Arkansas SB 547 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray", "T. Garner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-16T18:15:28+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T18:04:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f2d6fde-7eac-4ca4-b677-591384205de0"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "312abc3d96f1f3e7572db31cf03a14161e87dd48830ae46d6bc5b110b36e776c"
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 547 (2021) — TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF INITIATED ACT 4 OF 1948; AND TO REGULATE A DIRECT SELLER AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB547-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB547-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 547** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB547.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ray — primary (person)
- T. Garner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16T18:15:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T19:43:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T13:06:22+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-17T13:06:31+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-17T18:09:04+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-17T18:09:14+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T23:11:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T19:26:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T19:26:35+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-31T21:42:39+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-31T22:36:00+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`
- **2021-04-15T18:14:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19T13:32:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-19T13:32:43+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-19T18:01:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-20T20:08:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T20:08:45+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-20T23:23:29+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended #1.
- **2021-04-20T23:24:02+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T02:43:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T18:44:47+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-22T18:44:49+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-22T18:45:03+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-22T18:46:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T18:46:37+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-23T17:55:55+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-23T17:56:04+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29T18:04:07+00:00** Notification that SB547 is now Act 947 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f2d6fde-7eac-4ca4-b677-591384205de0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).