---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT TO DELEGATE CERTAIN TASKS."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT TO DELEGATE CERTAIN TASKS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "Arkansas SB 99 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Gramlich"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23T22:48:42+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T18:08:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4640d748-ba61-4592-b10a-dc2556a9e209"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5aee6d33e558f130ffa2bdd22a9d57e29aa6f66f86b911746072a59031f7981e"
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 99 (2025) — TO AUTHORIZE A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT TO DELEGATE CERTAIN TASKS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 437** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=437.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 99** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB99.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Gramlich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23T22:48:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-23T23:06:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T23:20:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03T19:52:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T19:52:20+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-03T22:23:00+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-03T23:22:35+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`
- **2025-03-18T21:44:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01T21:06:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T21:06:11+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-01T23:19:53+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-01T23:19:58+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-02T13:27:06+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-02T13:27:09+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T18:08:46+00:00** Notification that SB99 is now Act 437 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4640d748-ba61-4592-b10a-dc2556a9e209`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).