---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ADD CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS TO AN ADULT-ORIENTED PERFORMANCE; AND TO DEFINE AN ADULT-ORIENTED PERFORMANCE."
description: "TO ADD CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS TO AN ADULT-ORIENTED PERFORMANCE; AND TO DEFINE AN ADULT-ORIENTED PERFORMANCE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "Arkansas SB 43 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "G. Stubblefield"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-09T18:51:47+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-27T22:51:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9aaee70-9524-48e9-ae1e-47565f9d9416"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c38970d1447446c11ea80d3c53bb7396b634fa0678ed564a438b84113bab17fd"
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 43 (2023) — TO ADD CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS TO AN ADULT-ORIENTED PERFORMANCE; AND TO DEFINE AN ADULT-ORIENTED PERFORMANCE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=131.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB43-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB43-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB43-S1.pdf)
5. **SB 43** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB43.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **78–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)
- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- C. Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T18:51:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:46:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T18:24:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-23T19:21:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-23T19:22:26+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-01-23T21:16:04+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-24T20:04:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T20:05:01+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-01-24T20:20:05+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-01-24T22:31:55+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T14:36:19+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-30T14:36:24+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-30T16:08:17+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-01T19:28:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T14:34:16+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-02T14:34:18+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-02T16:24:08+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-06T20:56:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T20:57:01+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2023-02-07T19:09:48+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended #1 & 2
- **2023-02-07T19:09:57+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T19:32:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 & 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22T19:40:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-22T19:40:53+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-02-22T19:40:59+00:00** House Amendment No. 2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-02-22T19:41:05+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-02-22T19:41:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T19:41:24+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-22T22:34:43+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-22T22:34:46+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-27T22:51:23+00:00** Notification that SB43 is now Act 131 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9aaee70-9524-48e9-ae1e-47565f9d9416`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).