---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SOCIAL WORK LICENSING BOARD; TO REMOVE A RACIAL REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE ARKANSAS SOCIAL WORK LICENSING BOARD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SOCIAL WORK LICENSING BOARD; TO REMOVE A RACIAL REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE ARKANSAS SOCIAL WORK LICENSING BOARD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 264"
citation: "Arkansas SB 264 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Womack"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-14T19:08:54+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-14T18:25:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f921fc31-d3f4-4727-bf05-4934ff5506ca"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "698f18be06e4a652b66a5dd0a019e49e8bea5822167f291d7de71b62c5b597ea"
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 264 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SOCIAL WORK LICENSING BOARD; TO REMOVE A RACIAL REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE ARKANSAS SOCIAL WORK LICENSING BOARD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=254.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB264-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 264** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB264.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **26–7** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **68–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- Womack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14T19:08:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T19:49:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T19:28:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23T17:37:05+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-23T17:37:12+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-23T20:16:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-27T19:56:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T19:56:12+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-27T19:56:31+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-27T21:38:44+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-27T23:07:48+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`
- **2023-03-07T22:34:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T20:30:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T20:30:51+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-08T20:30:57+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:58:28+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:58:32+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-08T22:00:42+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-08T22:00:46+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T18:25:26+00:00** Notification that SB264 is now Act 254 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f921fc31-d3f4-4727-bf05-4934ff5506ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).