---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODIFY THE FEES CHARGED BY THE ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD TO REDUCE FEES IF THE FEE REDUCTION IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STATE."
description: "TO MODIFY THE FEES CHARGED BY THE ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD TO REDUCE FEES IF THE FEE REDUCTION IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 57"
citation: "Arkansas SB 57 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12T16:15:12+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-23T17:20:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22740023-4b32-45a0-8af4-97460bfe2ec7"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "796db4173ec21b7b1ca489a75839bff4f5edf2ee521d1121770f0f9dd1b308bb"
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 57 (2023) — TO MODIFY THE FEES CHARGED BY THE ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD TO REDUCE FEES IF THE FEE REDUCTION IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 79** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=79.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB57-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 57** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB57.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12T16:15:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-12T18:07:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T19:12:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26T16:54:06+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T14:51:11+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-01-30T14:51:17+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-30T14:51:23+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-01-30T19:23:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-30T19:23:42+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T19:11:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07T19:30:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T19:30:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-07T20:25:03+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-07T22:43:47+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`
- **2023-02-09T19:23:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13T20:27:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T20:27:45+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-13T21:23:53+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-13T21:23:57+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-14T16:36:54+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-14T16:36:58+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-23T17:20:53+00:00** Notification that SB57 is now Act 79 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22740023-4b32-45a0-8af4-97460bfe2ec7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).