---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PREVENT STATE-FUNDED MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN THIS STATE FROM SPENDING STATE GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS FROM TAX DOLLARS ON THE NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKENESS OF A STUDENT-ATHLETE UNDER THE ARKANSAS STUDENT-ATHLETE PUBLICITY RIGHTS ACT."
description: "TO PREVENT STATE-FUNDED MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN THIS STATE FROM SPENDING STATE GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS FROM TAX DOLLARS ON THE NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKENESS OF A STUDENT-ATHLETE UNDER THE ARKANSAS STUDENT-ATHLETE PUBLICITY RIGHTS ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 456"
citation: "Arkansas SB 456 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beaty Jr.", "Hill"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-22T18:03:08+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T14:13:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6d6f606-1040-43c8-a30b-6d568f078097"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "571a609a4f73f15f7af4688029e1fb85cfcb50d8809d94e4277fa66aaa732f05"
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 456 (2023) — TO PREVENT STATE-FUNDED MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN THIS STATE FROM SPENDING STATE GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS FROM TAX DOLLARS ON THE NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKENESS OF A STUDENT-ATHLETE UNDER THE ARKANSAS STUDENT-ATHLETE PUBLICITY RIGHTS ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 880** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=880.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB456-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 456** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB456.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **29–3** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **26–7** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **81–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beaty Jr. — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22T18:03:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-23T19:06:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T18:47:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29T19:36:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T19:36:34+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-29T21:06:19+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-29T23:35:26+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T01:30:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T13:30:04+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-04T13:30:06+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-04T16:30:47+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-05T20:25:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T20:26:01+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T00:21:50+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T00:22:03+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T16:01:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T22:21:54+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-06T22:22:02+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-04-06T22:22:06+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-06T22:23:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T22:23:26+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:30:35+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:30:37+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13T14:13:20+00:00** Notification that SB456 is now Act 880 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6d6f606-1040-43c8-a30b-6d568f078097`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).