---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LIFETIME LICENSES UNDER THE COSMETOLOGY ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LIFETIME LICENSES UNDER THE COSMETOLOGY ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1449"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1449 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "K. Ferguson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16T18:10:06+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T14:24:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dd9bc82-d6ea-4d70-b5ee-381c3f492e8d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9dd316c6f0ab8f3bc6ee1c034d540e1585a64f85929d7f28b24a4e25ed6ee7ec"
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 HB 1449 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LIFETIME LICENSES UNDER THE COSMETOLOGY ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 583** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=583.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1449** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1449.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- K. Ferguson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16T18:10:06+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-16T22:34:56+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`
- **2023-02-21T18:00:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T20:35:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T23:00:12+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-22T23:00:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31T17:39:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T22:41:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T22:41:41+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T00:14:39+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T00:14:40+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:54:49+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T14:24:44+00:00** Notification that HB1449 is now Act 583 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dd9bc82-d6ea-4d70-b5ee-381c3f492e8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).