---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION OF THE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION RESIDENCY EXPANSION BOARD."
description: "TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION OF THE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION RESIDENCY EXPANSION BOARD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 520"
citation: "Arkansas SB 520 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-28T21:43:46+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:05:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57612e74-a587-41b4-81b9-f13720643f87"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5fa599b65ded28e676e5c7f4e2ec66cebdd59d99689cd27eee1694b77cefa369"
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 520 (2023) — TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION OF THE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION RESIDENCY EXPANSION BOARD.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 663** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=663.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 520** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB520.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28T21:43:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-28T22:06:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T19:01:53+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on calendar.
- **2023-03-30T19:02:00+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31T17:40:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03T20:52:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T20:52:09+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-03T22:57:45+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-04T00:48:17+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T22:52:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T00:54:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T00:54:10+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:23:44+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:23:46+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T15:00:57+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T15:00:59+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:05:11+00:00** Notification that SB520 is now Act 663 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57612e74-a587-41b4-81b9-f13720643f87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).