---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; AND TO REVISE THE DUE DATE FOR RENEWAL OF LICENSES UNDER THE LAW REGARDING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; AND TO REVISE THE DUE DATE FOR RENEWAL OF LICENSES UNDER THE LAW REGARDING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 95"
citation: "Arkansas SB 95 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Joey Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23T20:21:49+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:21:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5df8aa56-a4d7-41da-aab3-5665d3f14a6d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e8b3ccea28c1bac4acc7cb2da62e8ebb2ea1564a752cd2f8108839c97caacfaa"
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 95 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; AND TO REVISE THE DUE DATE FOR RENEWAL OF LICENSES UNDER THE LAW REGARDING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 368** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=368.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB95-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 95** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB95.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Joey Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23T20:21:49+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-23T21:08:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T14:02:49+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-06T14:02:54+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-06T14:03:02+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-06T19:10:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-06T19:11:10+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T19:35:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09T18:29:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T18:29:15+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-09T20:22:59+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-09T22:38:27+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T16:55:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T19:59:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T19:59:43+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-16T21:04:47+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-16T21:04:50+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-16T21:32:10+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-16T21:32:12+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:21:42+00:00** Notification that SB95 is now Act 368 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5df8aa56-a4d7-41da-aab3-5665d3f14a6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).