---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING OF UNIFORMED SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND SPOUSES ACT OF 2021."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING OF UNIFORMED SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND SPOUSES ACT OF 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 193"
citation: "Arkansas SB 193 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eubanks", "Hill"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-06T14:44:36+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-27T22:53:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd22cff9-9dd1-4d60-9152-40ad274ffce4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "066bdfd8aaab882ade382bec0863c38314c10f883ed2dcf2fc91a66f6e607b11"
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 193 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING OF UNIFORMED SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND SPOUSES ACT OF 2021.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=137.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB193-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 193** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB193.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eubanks — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06T14:44:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-06T19:12:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T19:24:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09T17:57:49+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-09T17:57:58+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-09T20:02:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-13T19:21:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T19:21:30+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-13T20:30:08+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-13T22:37:47+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`
- **2023-02-16T16:59:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T20:32:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T20:32:11+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-21T21:59:53+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-21T21:59:57+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-22T15:50:54+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-22T15:50:57+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-27T22:53:10+00:00** Notification that SB193 is now Act 137 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd22cff9-9dd1-4d60-9152-40ad274ffce4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).