---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS FAMILY PLANNING ACT; AND TO MODIFY THE LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION WITHIN THE ARKANSAS FAMILY PLANNING ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS FAMILY PLANNING ACT; AND TO MODIFY THE LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION WITHIN THE ARKANSAS FAMILY PLANNING ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 452"
citation: "Arkansas SB 452 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilmore", "McAlindon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-20T18:41:12+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:27:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/364dad10-0a9a-4432-8693-503451a7887c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ef4f10353558df009730d60fd053a61cb999a54f76d5b5e1586990e15b21d308"
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 452 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS FAMILY PLANNING ACT; AND TO MODIFY THE LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION WITHIN THE ARKANSAS FAMILY PLANNING ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 700** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=700.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 452** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB452.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **85–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gilmore — primary (person)
- McAlindon — primary (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- C. Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Crowell — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Payton — cosponsor (person)
- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-20T18:41:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-20T20:20:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T18:42:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T19:40:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:40:41+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-28T21:08:01+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-28T22:50:32+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`
- **2023-04-04T17:28:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T21:14:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T21:14:15+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:55:30+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:55:33+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:55:19+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:55:21+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:27:12+00:00** Notification that SB452 is now Act 700 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/364dad10-0a9a-4432-8693-503451a7887c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).