---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND LICENSING - WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND LICENSING - WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2022F"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Arkansas SB 9 (2022F)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-07T20:03:43+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-23T16:46:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6902df87-5251-48e2-803f-fda29584d659"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "24522b34e25901b2e7cb1fbd8e08fe9ce4d744d5349f5070fb0763f168716d2d"
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 9 (2022F) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND LICENSING - WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2022F%2FPublic%2F&file=8.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2021%2F2022F)
2. **SB 9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2021/2022F/Bills/SB9.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07T20:03:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2022-02-14T18:20:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15T19:23:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16T20:03:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16T20:03:33+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2022-02-16T21:03:16+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2022-02-16T22:29:28+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-02-17T18:06:45+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2022-02-17T18:06:46+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2022-02-17T18:06:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-17T18:06:49+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2022-02-17T20:03:23+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2022-02-17T20:03:26+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2022-02-17T20:03:30+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2022-02-17T20:03:34+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-23T16:46:44+00:00** Notification that SB9 is now Act 8 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6902df87-5251-48e2-803f-fda29584d659`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).