republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2023/sb-43.md

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Bill	TO ADD CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS TO AN ADULT-ORIENTED PERFORMANCE; AND TO DEFINE AN ADULT-ORIENTED PERFORMANCE.	TO ADD CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS TO AN ADULT-ORIENTED PERFORMANCE; AND TO DEFINE AN ADULT-ORIENTED PERFORMANCE.	us/states/ar	Arkansas Legislature	2023	SB 43	Arkansas SB 43 (2023)	bill		enacted	Bentley G. Stubblefield	5	31	3	2023-01-09T18:51:47+00:00	2023-02-27T22:51:23+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f9aaee70-9524-48e9-ae1e-47565f9d9416	ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt	c38970d1447446c11ea80d3c53bb7396b634fa0678ed564a438b84113bab17fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ar

Arkansas SB 43 (2023) — TO ADD CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS TO AN ADULT-ORIENTED PERFORMANCE; AND TO DEFINE AN ADULT-ORIENTED PERFORMANCE.

Version chain

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

1. Act 131 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 43 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read the third time and passed. — 29–6 (pass) · upper
• Read the third time and passed. — 29–6 (pass) · upper
• Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — 78–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bentley — primary (person)
• G. Stubblefield — primary (person)
• A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Barker — cosponsor (person)
• C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
• C. Penzo — cosponsor (person)
• Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
• Crawford — cosponsor (person)
• D. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
• D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
• Dees — cosponsor (person)
• Flippo — cosponsor (person)
• Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
• Haak — cosponsor (person)
• Hester — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
• K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
• Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
• Long — cosponsor (person)
• Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
• M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
• McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
• R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Rice — cosponsor (person)
• Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Rye — cosponsor (person)
• Stone — cosponsor (person)
• Tosh — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09T18:51:47+00:00 Filed introduction
• 2023-01-09T19:46:51+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-19T18:24:14+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-01-23T19:21:48+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2023-01-23T19:22:26+00:00 Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2023-01-23T21:16:04+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-01-24T20:04:45+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-01-24T20:05:01+00:00 Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
• 2023-01-24T20:20:05+00:00 RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
• 2023-01-24T22:31:55+00:00 Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-01-30T14:36:19+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2023-01-30T14:36:24+00:00 Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2023-01-30T16:08:17+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-02-01T19:28:41+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 committee-passage
• 2023-02-02T14:34:16+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2023-02-02T14:34:18+00:00 Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2023-02-02T16:24:08+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-02-06T20:56:57+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-06T20:57:01+00:00 Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
• 2023-02-07T19:09:48+00:00 Returned from the House as passed as amended #1 & 2
• 2023-02-07T19:09:57+00:00 Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE referral-committee
• 2023-02-21T19:32:50+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 & 2 committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-22T19:40:45+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2023-02-22T19:40:53+00:00 House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
• 2023-02-22T19:40:59+00:00 House Amendment No. 2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
• 2023-02-22T19:41:05+00:00 Rules suspended.
• 2023-02-22T19:41:19+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-22T19:41:24+00:00 ORDERED ENROLLED
• 2023-02-22T22:34:43+00:00 Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
• 2023-02-22T22:34:46+00:00 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. executive-receipt
• 2023-02-27T22:51:23+00:00 Notification that SB43 is now Act 131 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f9aaee70-9524-48e9-ae1e-47565f9d9416. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).