---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"AUDIOLOGY\" RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF AUDIOLOGISTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"AUDIOLOGY\" RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF AUDIOLOGISTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "Arkansas SB 118 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "C. Penzo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-27T22:20:35+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-10T21:01:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a9d1daa-677c-479f-a690-2b32c0b9ce45"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ec46950cefb231078298b44815aeab003fa6c2ed72c06f15fc85936d231ac97e"
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 118 (2025) — TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "AUDIOLOGY" RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF AUDIOLOGISTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 517** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=517.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB118-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB118.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- C. Penzo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27T22:20:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-27T22:52:19+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T19:44:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03T20:05:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T20:05:44+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-03T22:23:35+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-03T23:23:12+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`
- **2025-03-13T18:28:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17T13:44:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-17T13:44:50+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-17T17:59:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-18T19:51:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T19:51:32+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-03-18T21:33:31+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-03-18T21:33:44+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T00:15:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03T18:50:12+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-03T18:50:20+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-03T18:50:27+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-03T18:50:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T18:50:51+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-04T14:53:47+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-04T14:53:49+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-10T21:01:35+00:00** Notification that SB118 is now Act 517 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a9d1daa-677c-479f-a690-2b32c0b9ce45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).