---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS; AND TO AID IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE'S BARBER LAWS."
description: "TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS; AND TO AID IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE'S BARBER LAWS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 322"
citation: "Arkansas SB 322 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Steimel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-24T18:59:08+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:54:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f51640c-59ee-49ab-8ce3-b7a3adf97a5a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "586ddf62a2d12a50203bca3b1b3169326f420859502f4b13d551686519f09e25"
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 322 (2023) — TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS; AND TO AID IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE'S BARBER LAWS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 465** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=465.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB322-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB322-S1.pdf)
4. **SB 322** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB322.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- Steimel — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24T18:59:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-27T19:38:54+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T14:31:52+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-01T14:31:56+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-01T14:32:02+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-01T19:24:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-01T19:24:33+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T19:23:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07T21:10:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T21:10:30+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-07T22:06:28+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-07T22:44:12+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`
- **2023-03-14T16:56:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T20:31:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T20:31:17+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-15T20:51:20+00:00** Motion by Rep. Wardlaw to expunge vote by which SB322 passed was expunged
- **2023-03-15T20:51:29+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T17:08:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27T18:44:19+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-27T18:44:22+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-27T19:11:26+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-28T19:22:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:22:28+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-28T21:14:27+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-28T21:14:34+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:40:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T18:54:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T18:54:45+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-03-30T18:54:52+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-30T18:55:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T18:55:06+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-31T17:02:18+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-31T17:02:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19T20:54:38+00:00** Notification that SB322 is now Act 465 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f51640c-59ee-49ab-8ce3-b7a3adf97a5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).