---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE A STUDENT AND APPRENTICE LEVEL OF LICENSING IN THE MASSAGE THERAPY PROFESSION."
description: "TO CREATE A STUDENT AND APPRENTICE LEVEL OF LICENSING IN THE MASSAGE THERAPY PROFESSION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 58"
citation: "Arkansas SB 58 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Wardlaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12T16:16:28+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-14T19:10:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35cd147f-eda1-4c38-b456-702c91b1bdad"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5557f63b57074e4319c798cc49320d85d31e089d2b30fcbceb909eaf18de2794"
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 58 (2023) — TO CREATE A STUDENT AND APPRENTICE LEVEL OF LICENSING IN THE MASSAGE THERAPY PROFESSION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 45** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=45.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 58** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB58.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **66–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12T16:16:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-12T18:07:53+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T19:11:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26T16:57:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T16:57:22+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-01-26T19:02:40+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-01-26T22:54:30+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`
- **2023-01-31T17:19:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T20:26:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T20:26:34+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-01T21:34:24+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-01T21:34:28+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-06T15:05:55+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-06T15:06:04+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-14T19:10:24+00:00** Notification that SB58 is now Act 45 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35cd147f-eda1-4c38-b456-702c91b1bdad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).