---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND GENDER TRANSITION IN MINORS; AND TO CREATE THE PROTECTING MINORS FROM MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACT OF 2023."
description: "CONCERNING MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND GENDER TRANSITION IN MINORS; AND TO CREATE THE PROTECTING MINORS FROM MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACT OF 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 199"
citation: "Arkansas SB 199 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "G. Stubblefield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-06T19:12:46+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-16T16:20:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32c53c3a-3941-41a1-b719-c1096bd02010"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "71f53b98fe467e9401f21eb796fbc1607e12f32e7d46a9e9826b0deb034e5cbd"
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 199 (2023) — CONCERNING MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND GENDER TRANSITION IN MINORS; AND TO CREATE THE PROTECTING MINORS FROM MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACT OF 2023.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=274.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB199-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 199** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB199.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **76–17** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **29–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06T19:12:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-06T20:12:34+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T19:14:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15T20:53:12+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T14:08:51+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-16T14:08:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-16T14:09:04+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-16T17:22:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-16T17:23:03+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20T19:27:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21T20:07:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T20:07:31+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-21T20:26:39+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-21T22:37:22+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`
- **2023-03-07T23:15:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T20:57:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T20:57:38+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:59:33+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:59:37+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-08T22:00:13+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-08T22:00:16+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16T16:20:51+00:00** Notification that SB199 is now Act 274 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32c53c3a-3941-41a1-b719-c1096bd02010`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).