---
type: "Bill"
title: "REQUIRING THE STATE TO OFFER A VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT THE CHOICE TO REQUIRE THE PERSON ACCUSED OF COMMITTING A SEXUAL ASSAULT ON THE VICTIM TO TAKE AN HIV TEST."
description: "REQUIRING THE STATE TO OFFER A VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT THE CHOICE TO REQUIRE THE PERSON ACCUSED OF COMMITTING A SEXUAL ASSAULT ON THE VICTIM TO TAKE AN HIV TEST."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 308"
citation: "Arkansas SB 308 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "L. Fite"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09T18:58:10+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T15:45:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d12d1681-1755-42a9-8aac-370a127eccbb"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5e80a2362a57e1c29e3f68da36c8ab9a2cf4fdac50f9fc122f612516a608b18c"
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 308 (2021) — REQUIRING THE STATE TO OFFER A VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT THE CHOICE TO REQUIRE THE PERSON ACCUSED OF COMMITTING A SEXUAL ASSAULT ON THE VICTIM TO TAKE AN HIV TEST.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB308-S1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB308-S2.pdf)
3. **SB 308** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB308.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- L. Fite — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09T18:58:10+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-09T21:23:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T14:39:37+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-01T14:39:45+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-01T19:14:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-01T19:15:07+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T14:04:27+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2021-03-11T14:04:37+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-11T19:07:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-11T19:07:36+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T18:12:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T18:50:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T18:51:01+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-18T21:33:07+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-18T22:26:23+00:00** 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`
- **2021-04-01T22:25:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06T19:46:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:46:31+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:19:01+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:19:12+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-07T15:42:00+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-07T15:42:06+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13T15:45:47+00:00** Notification that SB308 is now Act 653 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d12d1681-1755-42a9-8aac-370a127eccbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).