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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO DEFINE THE TERM \"ANTISEMITISM\" WHEN REVIEWING, INVESTIGATING, OR DETERMINING WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN A VIOLATION OF LAW OR POLICY PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATORY ACTS OR PRACTICES BASED ON RACE, RELIGION, ETHNICITY, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN."
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description: "TO DEFINE THE TERM \"ANTISEMITISM\" WHEN REVIEWING, INVESTIGATING, OR DETERMINING WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN A VIOLATION OF LAW OR POLICY PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATORY ACTS OR PRACTICES BASED ON RACE, RELIGION, ETHNICITY, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 118"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 118 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["J. Dotson", "McAlindon"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-24T22:38:11+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-02-23T17:29:03+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bd20670-a9ee-41c9-8241-77aa8bad96ee"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "7fe130cad31601346b1c7854c002dded817eaae6838329d82f60998e8bcfa5c1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
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---
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# Arkansas SB 118 (2023) — TO DEFINE THE TERM "ANTISEMITISM" WHEN REVIEWING, INVESTIGATING, OR DETERMINING WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN A VIOLATION OF LAW OR POLICY PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATORY ACTS OR PRACTICES BASED ON RACE, RELIGION, ETHNICITY, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Act 126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=126.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
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2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB118-S1.pdf)
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3. **SB 118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB118.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- J. Dotson — primary (person)
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- McAlindon — primary (person)
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- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Penzo — cosponsor (person)
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- Crowell — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- Dees — cosponsor (person)
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- Ennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
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- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
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- Haak — cosponsor (person)
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- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
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- Hester — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
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- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
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- McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Rose — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
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- Stone — cosponsor (person)
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- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
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- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-24T22:38:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2023-01-25T19:16:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-31T14:15:46+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
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- **2023-01-31T14:15:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2023-01-31T14:15:56+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2023-01-31T16:08:26+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2023-01-31T16:08:36+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-06T19:15:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-07T19:34:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-07T19:35:02+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2023-02-07T20:25:44+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2023-02-07T22:44:37+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-14T19:36:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-15T20:25:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-15T20:25:06+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
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- **2023-02-15T21:44:29+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
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- **2023-02-15T21:44:33+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2023-02-16T14:16:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2023-02-16T14:16:50+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-02-23T17:29:03+00:00** Notification that SB118 is now Act 126 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bd20670-a9ee-41c9-8241-77aa8bad96ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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