---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE \"GOOD SAMARITAN\" LAW TO INCLUDE TO CERTAIN PERSONS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHO PROVIDE SUICIDE PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS."
description: "TO AMEND THE \"GOOD SAMARITAN\" LAW TO INCLUDE TO CERTAIN PERSONS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHO PROVIDE SUICIDE PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 48"
citation: "Arkansas SB 48 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Johnson", "Pilkington"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11T16:20:37+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-14T19:11:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38a32d90-97a1-4490-82d5-6b9af9068e57"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ad2d28d4660097203ea6789dc70f60b2bf7a20d2be17ea18ff5f074c7213c24d"
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 48 (2023) — TO AMEND THE "GOOD SAMARITAN" LAW TO INCLUDE TO CERTAIN PERSONS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHO PROVIDE SUICIDE PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 47** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=47.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 48** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB48.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Johnson — primary (person)
- Pilkington — primary (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11T16:20:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11T16:29:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T19:19:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26T16:53:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T16:53:35+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-01-26T19:02:34+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-01-26T22:54:05+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`
- **2023-02-02T16:41:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T20:59:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T20:59:42+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-06T22:20:44+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-06T22:20:48+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-07T16:10:44+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-07T16:10:48+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-14T19:11:07+00:00** Notification that SB48 is now Act 47 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38a32d90-97a1-4490-82d5-6b9af9068e57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).