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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE RIGHT-TO-KNOW-AND-SEE ACT; AND TO REQUIRE AN ABORTION PROVIDER WHO KNOWINGLY PERFORMS OR REFERS A PATIENT FOR AN ABORTION TO COMPLY WITH THE RIGHT OF A PATIENT TO VIEW ULTRASOUND IMAGES BEFORE AN ABORTION."
+description: "TO AMEND THE RIGHT-TO-KNOW-AND-SEE ACT; AND TO REQUIRE AN ABORTION PROVIDER WHO KNOWINGLY PERFORMS OR REFERS A PATIENT FOR AN ABORTION TO COMPLY WITH THE RIGHT OF A PATIENT TO VIEW ULTRASOUND IMAGES BEFORE AN ABORTION."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 542"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 542 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-29T22:05:33+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-11T20:25:41+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eb26345-183a-4bc1-b621-860903022b8f"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "0285b85918daac40969b8ac9d742504116cba3ccdb4da78f584a3c5d1340f71f"
+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 542 (2023) — TO AMEND THE RIGHT-TO-KNOW-AND-SEE ACT; AND TO REQUIRE AN ABORTION PROVIDER WHO KNOWINGLY PERFORMS OR REFERS A PATIENT FOR AN ABORTION TO COMPLY WITH THE RIGHT OF A PATIENT TO VIEW ULTRASOUND IMAGES BEFORE AN ABORTION.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=559.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **SB 542** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB542.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **80–12** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **28–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Irvin — primary (person)
+- L. Johnson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-29T22:05:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-29T23:48:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-31T17:40:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-03T21:15:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-03T21:16:00+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-04-03T22:58:12+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-04-04T00:49:00+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`
+- **2023-04-04T17:29:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-05T21:23:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05T21:23:27+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T03:45:52+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T03:45:54+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-06T15:01:33+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-04-06T15:01:35+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-11T20:25:41+00:00** Notification that SB542 is now Act 559 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3eb26345-183a-4bc1-b621-860903022b8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+