---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THAT AN EXPERT WITNESS TESTIFYING OR OFFERING OPINIONS REGARDING AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING BEFORE A BOARD OF ANY PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION CLASSIFIED AS A PROFESSION OF HEALING ARTS HAS IMMUNITY."
description: "TO CLARIFY THAT AN EXPERT WITNESS TESTIFYING OR OFFERING OPINIONS REGARDING AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING BEFORE A BOARD OF ANY PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION CLASSIFIED AS A PROFESSION OF HEALING ARTS HAS IMMUNITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 273"
citation: "Arkansas SB 273 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bledsoe"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4494bcb-9a7c-4c3a-8fbc-a449de5424a5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c596745e11b3784937d8b0b4e6306a5068d2fda98456ac5d3a411ccc95be2573"
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 273 (2019) — TO CLARIFY THAT AN EXPERT WITNESS TESTIFYING OR OFFERING OPINIONS REGARDING AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING BEFORE A BOARD OF ANY PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION CLASSIFIED AS A PROFESSION OF HEALING ARTS HAS IMMUNITY.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=SB273-H1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **SB 273** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB273.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **55–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bledsoe — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-06** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2019-02-18** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-02-18** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-02-18** 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`
- **2019-03-07** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2019-03-25** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-25** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-03-26** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Emergency Clause failed of adoption
- **2019-03-26** Returned to the Senate as passed as amended #1 with emergency clause failed to be adopted
- **2019-03-26** Returned From the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-03-26** Emergency Clause failed of adoption.
- **2019-03-26** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-03-28** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2019-03-28** Rules suspended.
- **2019-03-28** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-04-02** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-04-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-05** Notification that SB273 is now Act 687 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4494bcb-9a7c-4c3a-8fbc-a449de5424a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).