---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE A LIFETIME CERTIFICATE OF LICENSE AS A CONTRACTOR."
description: "TO CREATE A LIFETIME CERTIFICATE OF LICENSE AS A CONTRACTOR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "Arkansas SB 6 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans", "Hill"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-19T20:51:36+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-20T19:23:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0efbe3ec-a6fc-4134-a6fc-345ee3e00ea0"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e41ed9199a78ee94e105ff34a90e2f7e76e5f7ae04ff9c3424332ec42e457404"
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 6 (2023) — TO CREATE A LIFETIME CERTIFICATE OF LICENSE AS A CONTRACTOR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 73** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=73.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB6-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB6.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-19T20:51:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:24:07+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T15:13:43+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-01-26T15:13:46+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-26T15:13:52+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-01-26T16:26:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-26T16:26:40+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T17:51:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01T19:22:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T19:22:56+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-01T21:59:04+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-01T22:23:10+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`
- **2023-02-07T16:49:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T20:14:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T20:14:18+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-08T21:11:01+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-08T21:11:14+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-08T21:11:39+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-08T21:11:42+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-20T19:23:00+00:00** Notification that SB6 is now Act 73 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0efbe3ec-a6fc-4134-a6fc-345ee3e00ea0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).