---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS CODE REGARDING A COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY; AND TO CLARIFY THAT THE COMMISSION ON DENTAL ACCREDITATION IS THE ACCREDITING ENTITY FOR A COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS CODE REGARDING A COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY; AND TO CLARIFY THAT THE COMMISSION ON DENTAL ACCREDITATION IS THE ACCREDITING ENTITY FOR A COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 93"
citation: "Arkansas SB 93 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Rose"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23T19:30:37+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-14T19:10:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c739501-81fd-479a-83c1-92c32c230662"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d708b9435d9448c55c2724d03dc1b515a5c5e375490c0c93faf1933b8783950e"
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 93 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS CODE REGARDING A COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY; AND TO CLARIFY THAT THE COMMISSION ON DENTAL ACCREDITATION IS THE ACCREDITING ENTITY FOR A COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 42** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=42.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 93** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB93.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23T19:30:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-23T21:07:29+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T19:10:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26T17:00:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T17:00:27+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-01-26T19:02:50+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-01-26T22:54:41+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`
- **2023-02-02T16:57:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T20:11:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T20:11:13+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-07T20:56:40+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-07T20:56:44+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-07T21:05:39+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-07T21:05:45+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-14T19:10:47+00:00** Notification that SB93 is now Act 42 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c739501-81fd-479a-83c1-92c32c230662`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).