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---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PREPAID FUNERAL BENEFITS LAW; TO REGULATE PREPAID BENEFITS CONTRACTS; AND TO ENHANCE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARKANSAS PREPAID FUNERAL BENEFITS LAW."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PREPAID FUNERAL BENEFITS LAW; TO REGULATE PREPAID BENEFITS CONTRACTS; AND TO ENHANCE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARKANSAS PREPAID FUNERAL BENEFITS LAW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "Arkansas SB 97 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Joey Carr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23T20:27:37+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:16:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/406db2f9-cdf3-4bc4-ad03-b8c97734f8de"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d3751377811051c801a0e571554e2d44eca1c8c51be5c62172e6695f190cb302"
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 97 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PREPAID FUNERAL BENEFITS LAW; TO REGULATE PREPAID BENEFITS CONTRACTS; AND TO ENHANCE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARKANSAS PREPAID FUNERAL BENEFITS LAW.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 345** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=345.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB97-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB97-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 97** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB97.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed. — **320** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **930** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Joey Carr — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-23T20:27:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-23T21:08:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T14:20:10+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2023-03-07T14:20:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-07T14:20:18+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-07T19:15:57+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-07T19:16:04+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T19:36:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09T18:33:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T18:33:12+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-09T20:23:09+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-09T22:38:50+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`
- **2023-03-15T16:55:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T20:01:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T20:01:59+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-16T21:05:02+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-16T21:05:05+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-16T21:31:57+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-16T21:31:59+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:16:20+00:00** Notification that SB97 is now Act 345 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/406db2f9-cdf3-4bc4-ad03-b8c97734f8de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).