---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MANDATE THE COPRESCRIPTION OF AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; AND TO AMEND THE NALOXONE ACCESS ACT."
description: "TO MANDATE THE COPRESCRIPTION OF AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; AND TO AMEND THE NALOXONE ACCESS ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 505"
citation: "Arkansas SB 505 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bledsoe", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-09T18:58:41+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T03:44:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9cb4b28-49d3-49e9-8d81-050725cb8e00"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8a29dcc337627f4ced1ebb8392eac199c5f21561b69d3d44dade954dcaaa21d3"
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 505 (2021) — TO MANDATE THE COPRESCRIPTION OF AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; AND TO AMEND THE NALOXONE ACCESS ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 505** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB505.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bledsoe — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09T18:58:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-09T19:31:20+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T22:49:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T19:32:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T19:32:46+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-18T21:34:21+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-18T22:27:43+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`
- **2021-04-06T23:06:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07T19:30:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T19:30:40+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-07T23:09:53+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-07T23:10:01+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-08T15:56:30+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-08T15:56:34+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14T03:44:45+00:00** Notification that SB505 is now Act 651 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9cb4b28-49d3-49e9-8d81-050725cb8e00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).