---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING ACCESS TO MEDICAL RECORDS FOR A LEGAL PROCEEDING; AND CONCERNING FEES CHARGED FOR DUPLICATION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED MEDICAL RECORDS."
description: "CONCERNING ACCESS TO MEDICAL RECORDS FOR A LEGAL PROCEEDING; AND CONCERNING FEES CHARGED FOR DUPLICATION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED MEDICAL RECORDS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 359"
citation: "Arkansas SB 359 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Stubblefield", "Maddox"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-06T18:47:57+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T21:46:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1126d9a7-d199-4f2b-8a4b-6081e49aaf3d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f6e5d1814857070d61564f69a61a3afa8429b35fa9f47d53e482ed99bb11b249"
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 359 (2023) — CONCERNING ACCESS TO MEDICAL RECORDS FOR A LEGAL PROCEEDING; AND CONCERNING FEES CHARGED FOR DUPLICATION OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED MEDICAL RECORDS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 765** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=765.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB359-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB359-S1.pdf)
4. **SB 359** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB359.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **82–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06T18:47:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-06T19:29:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T19:45:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13T19:13:52+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-13T19:15:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-13T19:15:13+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-13T20:59:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-13T21:00:37+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T18:31:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16T17:37:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T17:37:16+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-16T20:17:51+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-16T21:51:03+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`
- **2023-03-30T13:34:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T13:34:52+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30T16:40:19+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-04T18:33:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T00:42:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T00:42:32+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:53:50+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T03:53:57+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T19:42:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07T14:33:16+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-07T14:33:23+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-04-07T14:33:33+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-07T14:33:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T14:33:45+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:07:39+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:07:41+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T21:46:45+00:00** Notification that SB359 is now Act 765 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1126d9a7-d199-4f2b-8a4b-6081e49aaf3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).