---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE CRIMINAL OFFENSES THAT WOULD CAUSE THE DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF THE LICENSURE OF A MASSAGE THERAPIST."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE CRIMINAL OFFENSES THAT WOULD CAUSE THE DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF THE LICENSURE OF A MASSAGE THERAPIST."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 87"
citation: "Arkansas SB 87 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Ladyman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11T19:11:20+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-23T22:09:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b568f6a4-3461-4c18-b44d-df1737975249"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "953f265c11384d7e508f91241a6b799b74e15e5ef59fe2e0146a347f5bafbd8a"
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 87 (2021) — TO CLARIFY THE CRIMINAL OFFENSES THAT WOULD CAUSE THE DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF THE LICENSURE OF A MASSAGE THERAPIST.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 87** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB87.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **27–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Ladyman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T19:11:20+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T22:30:38+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21T20:00:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25T19:19:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-25T19:19:46+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-01-25T21:10:43+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-01-25T21:44:38+00:00** 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`
- **2021-02-09T22:03:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T20:20:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-10T20:20:50+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-10T21:32:43+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-02-10T21:32:52+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-02-23T01:00:10+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-02-23T01:00:15+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-23T22:09:15+00:00** Notification that SB87 is now Act 136 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b568f6a4-3461-4c18-b44d-df1737975249`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).