---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ADD AN EXCEPTION FROM NURSING LICENSURE TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES OF A CITY OR COUNTY DETENTION CENTER TO DRAW AND MEASURE GLUCAGON OR INSULIN FOR A PERSON WHO IS INCARCERATED OR IN CUSTODY."
description: "TO ADD AN EXCEPTION FROM NURSING LICENSURE TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES OF A CITY OR COUNTY DETENTION CENTER TO DRAW AND MEASURE GLUCAGON OR INSULIN FOR A PERSON WHO IS INCARCERATED OR IN CUSTODY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 344"
citation: "Arkansas SB 344 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Cloud"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-22T20:02:47+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T18:11:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b0cd1a7-ba27-4bba-8dff-fabbb532bc84"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "bfccf7e4b7c07e3173bcb866e28268b6995095df2649d7ec47ad8047aa3782e2"
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 344 (2021) — TO ADD AN EXCEPTION FROM NURSING LICENSURE TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES OF A CITY OR COUNTY DETENTION CENTER TO DRAW AND MEASURE GLUCAGON OR INSULIN FOR A PERSON WHO IS INCARCERATED OR IN CUSTODY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 344** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB344.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Cloud — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T20:02:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T20:53:32+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T23:10:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02T19:31:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T19:31:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-02T21:07:47+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-02T23:05:29+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`
- **2021-03-16T22:53:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T19:45:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T19:45:14+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-18T19:45:20+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-18T22:06:14+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-18T22:06:21+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-22T17:56:35+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-22T17:56:42+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T18:11:15+00:00** Notification that SB344 is now Act 439 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b0cd1a7-ba27-4bba-8dff-fabbb532bc84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).