---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE PRIVILEGE FROM DISCLOSURE TO AUTHORITIES FOR EVIDENCE CONCERNING A SERMON, RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION, OR RELIGIOUS TEACHING DELIVERED BY A RELIGIOUS LEADER OR MEMBER OF THE CLERGY."
description: "RELATING TO THE PRIVILEGE FROM DISCLOSURE TO AUTHORITIES FOR EVIDENCE CONCERNING A SERMON, RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION, OR RELIGIOUS TEACHING DELIVERED BY A RELIGIOUS LEADER OR MEMBER OF THE CLERGY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 541"
citation: "Arkansas SB 541 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Garner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-12"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5735df0-61f0-40eb-9dcb-2c33b4976614"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0f2ff65d7bc3687f3cc7d3ca9f6e46feb67ce804fa27001f7d8909fe19209fbe"
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 541 (2019) — RELATING TO THE PRIVILEGE FROM DISCLOSURE TO AUTHORITIES FOR EVIDENCE CONCERNING A SERMON, RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION, OR RELIGIOUS TEACHING DELIVERED BY A RELIGIOUS LEADER OR MEMBER OF THE CLERGY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 541** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB541.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **65–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- T. Garner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-12** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-03-27** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-03-27** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2019-04-03** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2019-04-03** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-04-04** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-04-04** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-10** Notification that SB541 is now Act 816 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5735df0-61f0-40eb-9dcb-2c33b4976614`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).