---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE CERTIFICATE FOR BENEFITS FOR BURIAL ASSOCIATIONS; AND TO CLARIFY THE PERCENTAGE PAYABLE TO SUBSTITUTE SERVICE-PROVIDING FUNERAL HOMES BASED ON MEMBERSHIP DATA AND PROXIMITY TO THE CONTRACT FUNERAL HOME."
description: "TO AMEND THE CERTIFICATE FOR BENEFITS FOR BURIAL ASSOCIATIONS; AND TO CLARIFY THE PERCENTAGE PAYABLE TO SUBSTITUTE SERVICE-PROVIDING FUNERAL HOMES BASED ON MEMBERSHIP DATA AND PROXIMITY TO THE CONTRACT FUNERAL HOME."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "Arkansas SB 98 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Rye"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23T20:30:19+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-23T17:21:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6914363-c249-49f4-bba8-e23b489724a9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "34ecab92a3664b6cb1b5fd7a84c0816d7713bbaf29983d30eeebfe64b125dfdc"
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 98 (2023) — TO AMEND THE CERTIFICATE FOR BENEFITS FOR BURIAL ASSOCIATIONS; AND TO CLARIFY THE PERCENTAGE PAYABLE TO SUBSTITUTE SERVICE-PROVIDING FUNERAL HOMES BASED ON MEMBERSHIP DATA AND PROXIMITY TO THE CONTRACT FUNERAL HOME.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 81** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=81.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 98** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB98.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

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Rye — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23T20:30:19+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-23T21:09:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T17:52:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01T19:32:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T19:32:27+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-01T21:59:35+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-01T22:24:06+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`
- **2023-02-08T19:21:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13T20:13:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T20:13:36+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-13T21:25:07+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-13T21:25:12+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-14T16:34:17+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-14T16:34:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-23T17:21:48+00:00** Notification that SB98 is now Act 81 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6914363-c249-49f4-bba8-e23b489724a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).