---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND VARIOUS LAWS RELATED TO THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"EMPLOYEE\" UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 4 OF 1948."
description: "TO AMEND VARIOUS LAWS RELATED TO THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"EMPLOYEE\" UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 4 OF 1948."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 598"
citation: "Arkansas SB 598 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cozart", "J. English"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-01T17:21:12+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:14:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1feafc2b-c307-451f-bc5e-f6280e2d5c26"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1d0be51875554459a2d4878e743712af704ac8195e035f8e7572af87e9544528"
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 598 (2025) — TO AMEND VARIOUS LAWS RELATED TO THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "EMPLOYEE" UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 4 OF 1948.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 743** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=743.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 598** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB598.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cozart — primary (person)
- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-01T17:21:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-01T19:23:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T00:37:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08T20:30:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T20:30:34+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-08T21:57:34+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-09T01:51:10+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`
- **2025-04-10T20:18:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T00:43:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T00:43:14+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T01:59:39+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T01:59:43+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:21:15+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-15T14:21:19+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:14:14+00:00** Notification that SB598 is now Act 743 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1feafc2b-c307-451f-bc5e-f6280e2d5c26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).