---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE LICENSING REGULATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES UNDER THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY LICENSING ACT."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE LICENSING REGULATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES UNDER THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY LICENSING ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 309"
citation: "Arkansas SB 309 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "Hester"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-22T19:22:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:53:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08179ebb-2fec-4e98-a6ea-1dc826dc3fca"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3706e662d9e21ab7135387a862cc7a1a6b1783b7df2c3edc4f5e0c95e710c8af"
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 309 (2023) — TO CLARIFY THE LICENSING REGULATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES UNDER THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY LICENSING ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 464** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=464.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 309** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB309.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Fite — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22T19:22:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-22T20:32:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T18:36:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T19:25:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:25:33+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-28T21:05:14+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-28T22:49:02+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T16:33:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T21:25:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T21:25:52+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-31T16:49:25+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-31T16:49:28+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-31T17:02:29+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-31T17:02:31+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19T20:53:19+00:00** Notification that SB309 is now Act 464 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08179ebb-2fec-4e98-a6ea-1dc826dc3fca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).