---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT."
description: "TO CREATE THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 90"
citation: "Arkansas SB 90 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "McCollum"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-23T19:16:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:49:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7dd4c8c-0231-4c12-b32f-726764abbbfa"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d2d88519eb405d375b613fd0ef70e2b0715090af67f45f38e9af803a3214145b"
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 90 (2023) — TO CREATE THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 457** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=457.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB90-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB90-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB90-S2.pdf)
5. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB90-S3.pdf)
6. **Amendment S4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB90-S4.pdf)
7. **Amendment S5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB90-S5.pdf)
8. **SB 90** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB90.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **82–6** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **26–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- McCollum — primary (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23T19:16:00+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-23T21:11:47+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T14:01:16+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-06T14:01:20+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-06T14:01:29+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-06T19:11:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-06T19:11:38+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T14:17:21+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2023-02-15T14:17:26+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-15T14:17:33+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-15T19:18:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-15T20:05:30+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T14:34:45+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 3
- **2023-02-28T14:34:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-28T14:35:00+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-28T19:16:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-28T19:16:30+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T14:32:48+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 4
- **2023-03-01T14:32:51+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-01T14:33:07+00:00** Amendment # 4 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-01T19:23:57+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-01T19:24:03+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T17:39:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06T19:34:21+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-06T19:34:27+00:00** Amendment # 5 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-06T21:12:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-07T19:38:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T19:38:52+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-07T22:03:42+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-07T22:42:10+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`
- **2023-03-14T16:57:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T18:44:32+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-15T18:44:34+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-15T19:26:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-16T19:42:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T19:42:49+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-16T21:12:19+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-16T21:12:27+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T18:48:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29T18:46:28+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-29T18:46:42+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-03-29T18:46:48+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-29T18:47:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T18:47:07+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-30T15:47:25+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-30T15:47:27+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19T20:49:34+00:00** Notification that SB90 is now Act 457 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7dd4c8c-0231-4c12-b32f-726764abbbfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).