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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE IVERMECTIN FOR HUMAN USE TO BE SOLD WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION OR CONSULTATION WITH A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE IVERMECTIN FOR HUMAN USE TO BE SOLD WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION OR CONSULTATION WITH A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 189"
citation: "Arkansas SB 189 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Bentley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04T20:07:17+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-31T18:35:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6444243-00cf-4181-bac2-d37e5795bcc2"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9a397e45126baf9ade329cf9ee0bbc9c69c235f2b060796b63dfc05b36bea9ea"
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 189 (2025) — TO AUTHORIZE IVERMECTIN FOR HUMAN USE TO BE SOLD WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION OR CONSULTATION WITH A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 396** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=396.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB189-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB189-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB189-S2.pdf)
5. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB189-S3.pdf)
6. **Amendment S4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB189-S4.pdf)
7. **SB 189** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB189.pdf)
## Sponsors
- A. Clark — primary (person)
- Bentley — primary (person)
- A. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- C. Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Crowell — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- F. Love — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- J. Payton — cosponsor (person)
- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
- J. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Womack — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-04T20:07:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-04T21:22:46+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T13:58:34+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1 & 2
- **2025-02-20T13:58:52+00:00** Amendment # 1 & 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-20T17:04:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-20T17:05:03+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24T14:00:34+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 3
- **2025-02-24T14:00:49+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-24T19:36:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-24T19:36:45+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03T13:57:28+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 4
- **2025-03-03T13:57:41+00:00** Amendment # 4 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-03T19:38:09+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-03T19:38:19+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T20:04:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06T21:02:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T21:02:14+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-06T22:45:31+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-06T23:19:37+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`
- **2025-03-13T18:28:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17T13:45:17+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-17T13:45:21+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-17T17:59:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-18T19:56:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T19:57:03+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-03-18T21:29:52+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-03-19T18:56:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-19T18:56:44+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-03-19T18:56:51+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-03-19T18:57:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T18:57:08+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-19T19:02:00+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which SB189 passed. Motion carried.
- **2025-03-19T19:02:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T19:02:22+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-20T13:49:25+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-20T13:49:28+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31T18:35:53+00:00** Notification that SB189 is now Act 396 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6444243-00cf-4181-bac2-d37e5795bcc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).