---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPEAL THE STATUTES CONCERNING THE OCCUPATIONAL AUTHORIZATION AND LICENSURE OF CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT OFFICES AND AGENCIES; AND TO REPEAL THE ARKANSAS PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY ACT OF 1975."
description: "TO REPEAL THE STATUTES CONCERNING THE OCCUPATIONAL AUTHORIZATION AND LICENSURE OF CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT OFFICES AND AGENCIES; AND TO REPEAL THE ARKANSAS PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY ACT OF 1975."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 278"
citation: "Arkansas SB 278 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "S. Meeks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-24T18:53:51+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-08T18:06:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf006cab-b1e1-484d-aa67-68a628732604"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a986e283645ae8a1dc186ccadb837c620b411638a6036b3ff70f25b8a6f1cdd5"
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 278 (2025) — TO REPEAL THE STATUTES CONCERNING THE OCCUPATIONAL AUTHORIZATION AND LICENSURE OF CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT OFFICES AND AGENCIES; AND TO REPEAL THE ARKANSAS PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY ACT OF 1975.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 438** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=438.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 278** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB278.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)
- S. Meeks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24T18:53:51+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-24T19:43:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T18:48:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13T19:32:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T19:32:25+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-13T22:02:31+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-13T22:26:47+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`
- **2025-03-20T23:01:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01T21:17:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T21:17:18+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-01T23:21:07+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-01T23:21:13+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-02T13:28:01+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-02T13:28:03+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-08T18:06:11+00:00** Notification that SB278 is now Act 438 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf006cab-b1e1-484d-aa67-68a628732604`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).