---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO STUDY AND REPORT ON THE STATUS OF NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS IN ARKANSAS AND OTHER STATES."
description: "TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO STUDY AND REPORT ON THE STATUS OF NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS IN ARKANSAS AND OTHER STATES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 86"
citation: "Arkansas SB 86 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23T19:03:32+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:13:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3be825a1-362a-4f67-b6fa-c47bcefe4181"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "51788d36d14a56fa5a90be9c49d4842f03065b834bfb2d42463a261b318e7416"
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 86 (2023) — TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO STUDY AND REPORT ON THE STATUS OF NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS IN ARKANSAS AND OTHER STATES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 670** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=670.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB86-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 86** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB86.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23T19:03:32+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-23T21:04:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T18:34:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15T20:06:37+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-15T20:06:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-15T20:06:49+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-15T23:41:57+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-16T17:05:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T17:05:25+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-16T20:17:13+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-16T21:49:57+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`
- **2023-04-04T17:27:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T21:06:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T21:06:26+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T02:59:07+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T02:59:17+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:38:49+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:38:51+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:13:46+00:00** Notification that SB86 is now Act 670 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3be825a1-362a-4f67-b6fa-c47bcefe4181`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).