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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO FORM A LEGAL ENTITY IN THIS STATE; AND TO CLARIFY THE PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS USED FOR NAME AVAILABILITY FOR CERTAIN CORPORATIONS AND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES."
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description: "TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO FORM A LEGAL ENTITY IN THIS STATE; AND TO CLARIFY THE PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS USED FOR NAME AVAILABILITY FOR CERTAIN CORPORATIONS AND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES."
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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 205"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 205 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Lundstrum"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-06T21:05:27+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-03-14T18:25:56+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68e86283-b64f-47bb-9693-ef9ca29db63b"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "abf26bdfa88ffb53ad1e0983e90658ca79eb78b63f7cfe8ab2be515f4756ad31"
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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 205 (2023) — TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO FORM A LEGAL ENTITY IN THIS STATE; AND TO CLARIFY THE PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS USED FOR NAME AVAILABILITY FOR CERTAIN CORPORATIONS AND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES.
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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 256** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=256.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
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2. **SB 205** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB205.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read the third time and passed. — **32–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- C. Penzo — primary (person)
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- Lundstrum — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-06T21:05:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2023-02-06T22:23:18+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-21T19:32:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-22T20:21:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-22T20:21:21+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2023-02-22T20:53:15+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2023-02-22T22:34:20+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-01T17:42:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-07T20:11:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-07T20:11:13+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
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- **2023-03-07T21:53:15+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
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- **2023-03-07T21:53:23+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2023-03-07T22:02:32+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2023-03-07T22:02:34+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-14T18:25:56+00:00** Notification that SB205 is now Act 256 `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/68e86283-b64f-47bb-9693-ef9ca29db63b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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