---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ADD FELLOWSHIP AS A METHOD FOR A FOREIGN GRADUATE TO OBTAIN A LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO ADD FELLOWSHIP AS A METHOD FOR A FOREIGN GRADUATE TO OBTAIN A LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 274"
citation: "Arkansas SB 274 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bledsoe"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/688e27e0-de3e-4847-9e70-b4482a34171c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ab3a9807b134a638baceef1141a0e4da3aa27f6c0734e79bb34598daf5935c11"
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 274 (2019) — TO ADD FELLOWSHIP AS A METHOD FOR A FOREIGN GRADUATE TO OBTAIN A LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 274** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB274.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## 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`
- **2019-02-19** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2019-02-27** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2019-02-27** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2019-02-27** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-02-28** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-02-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-04** Notification that SB274 is now Act 267 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/688e27e0-de3e-4847-9e70-b4482a34171c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).