---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE A LEGISLATIVE STUDY OF WORKFORCE AND SOCIAL SERVICES REFORM; AND TO REQUIRE CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION NECESSARY TO ADDRESS ISSUES IDENTIFIED DURING THE STUDY."
description: "TO REQUIRE A LEGISLATIVE STUDY OF WORKFORCE AND SOCIAL SERVICES REFORM; AND TO REQUIRE CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION NECESSARY TO ADDRESS ISSUES IDENTIFIED DURING THE STUDY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "Arkansas SB 50 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Boyd", "Wing"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-13T19:28:09+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-25T23:13:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5afcc37-9954-4e9c-82ef-6b247b8aa8d7"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ede37622aad628f2897945d5ec098c01c04a18f2c376a3efd7c521fc4c43d231"
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 50 (2025) — TO REQUIRE A LEGISLATIVE STUDY OF WORKFORCE AND SOCIAL SERVICES REFORM; AND TO REQUIRE CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION NECESSARY TO ADDRESS ISSUES IDENTIFIED DURING THE STUDY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 145** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=145.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB50-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 50** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB50.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- Wing — primary (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T19:28:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-13T20:12:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22T14:05:42+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-01-22T14:05:52+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-01-22T19:32:50+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-01-22T19:33:02+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05T19:40:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06T16:09:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-06T16:09:46+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-06T18:57:38+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-06T23:30:13+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`
- **2025-02-13T17:14:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17T20:11:51+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T20:39:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T20:31:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19T20:31:52+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-19T22:13:20+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-02-19T22:13:26+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-20T19:34:15+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-20T19:34:18+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-25T23:13:22+00:00** Notification that SB50 is now Act 145 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5afcc37-9954-4e9c-82ef-6b247b8aa8d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).