---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF \"INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY\" IN THE ARKANSAS CODE."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF \"INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY\" IN THE ARKANSAS CODE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 189"
citation: "Arkansas SB 189 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["214", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-01T20:41:10+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-14T18:17:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98f33c3f-969e-4aa1-a112-487c03c65db9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "00041388494bad0d315fef9d656e394c331340cfc01d01c50a99efc1ac69d5b3"
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 189 (2023) — TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF "INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY" IN THE ARKANSAS CODE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=214.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB189-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB189-S1.pdf)
4. **SB 189** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB189.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01T20:41:10+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-01T21:37:33+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T19:25:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09T17:55:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-09T17:55:49+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-09T20:02:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-13T19:22:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T19:22:34+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-13T20:29:59+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-13T22:37:28+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`
- **2023-02-21T17:59:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T14:34:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-22T14:34:10+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22T16:59:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-27T20:18:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T20:19:06+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-02-27T21:49:05+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended #1
- **2023-02-27T21:49:12+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T19:30:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02T17:47:09+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-02T17:47:32+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-03-02T17:48:45+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-02T17:48:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T17:49:02+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-02T21:48:49+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-02T21:48:53+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T18:17:42+00:00** Notification that SB189 is now Act 214 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98f33c3f-969e-4aa1-a112-487c03c65db9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).