---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAWS REGARDING THE CENTRAL REGISTRY OF PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY RESULTING FROM A TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURY; AND TO TRANSFER THE CENTRAL REGISTRY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAWS REGARDING THE CENTRAL REGISTRY OF PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY RESULTING FROM A TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURY; AND TO TRANSFER THE CENTRAL REGISTRY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "Arkansas SB 291 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dees", "S. Meeks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-20T20:16:12+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:18:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f7a779e-cea3-489c-af58-8b06ee78b965"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a5e227097d776d3f6993cb39aeb31d68e62b4416e1a7629dd06e81e8e56f9c43"
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 291 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAWS REGARDING THE CENTRAL REGISTRY OF PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY RESULTING FROM A TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURY; AND TO TRANSFER THE CENTRAL REGISTRY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 355** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=355.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 291** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB291.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dees — primary (person)
- S. Meeks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20T20:16:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-20T21:33:54+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T19:46:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09T18:38:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T18:39:04+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-09T20:23:27+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-09T22:39:24+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`
- **2023-03-14T16:56:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T20:30:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T20:30:24+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-15T23:37:00+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-15T23:37:04+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-16T13:54:35+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-16T13:54:38+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:18:41+00:00** Notification that SB291 is now Act 355 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f7a779e-cea3-489c-af58-8b06ee78b965`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).