---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF APPRAISERS, ABSTRACTERS, AND HOME INSPECTORS; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LICENSURE OF ABSTRACTERS; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LICENSURE OF HOME INSPECTORS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF APPRAISERS, ABSTRACTERS, AND HOME INSPECTORS; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LICENSURE OF ABSTRACTERS; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LICENSURE OF HOME INSPECTORS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 443"
citation: "Arkansas SB 443 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bryant", "Rose"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-12T18:24:54+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:43:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99b7bef9-a9a5-49f9-9161-ac982cf467a0"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "903688321eb925deec095c526a4540388547c038b4d30c71c538282c2e93115f"
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 443 (2025) — TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF APPRAISERS, ABSTRACTERS, AND HOME INSPECTORS; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LICENSURE OF ABSTRACTERS; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LICENSURE OF HOME INSPECTORS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 949** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=949.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB443-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 443** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB443.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12T18:24:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-12T21:31:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T18:49:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19T21:06:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T21:07:01+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-03-19T21:07:09+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-19T21:34:41+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-19T22:26:51+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T02:05:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01T21:42:33+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T19:33:49+00:00** The vote by which SB443 Failed to Pass was expunged.
- **2025-04-03T13:36:58+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-03T13:37:00+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-03T17:28:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-03T17:29:02+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T18:51:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14T20:18:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T20:19:02+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-14T20:19:13+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-15T00:29:31+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-15T18:29:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-15T18:29:53+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-15T18:29:58+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-15T18:30:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T18:30:26+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-15T18:30:30+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T12:36:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-16T12:36:08+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22T21:43:43+00:00** Notification that SB443 is now Act 949 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99b7bef9-a9a5-49f9-9161-ac982cf467a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).