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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT; TO APPLY THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT; TO APPLY THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 121"
citation: "Arkansas SB 121 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Long"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-27T22:22:22+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:46:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeb03335-ce6f-4317-9938-822fae9f1ca3"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fb2acf4785a2f480c808e01cf3866bd8a7ab279025b284cf454d69258359f178"
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 121 (2025) — TO AMEND THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT; TO APPLY THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 968** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=968.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB121-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 121** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB121.pdf)
## Sponsors
- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Long — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-27T22:22:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-27T22:53:32+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T18:15:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T13:31:13+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T13:31:22+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-08T00:33:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-08T19:09:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T19:09:49+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-08T20:22:30+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-09T01:46:25+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`
- **2025-04-15T18:31:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16T16:21:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T16:21:52+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-16T17:57:06+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-16T17:57:43+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T19:16:56+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-16T19:17:01+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22T21:46:33+00:00** Notification that SB121 is now Act 968 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeb03335-ce6f-4317-9938-822fae9f1ca3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).