---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE TAKING OF A DNA SAMPLE FOR A PERSON ARRESTED FOR A FELONY; AND TO CLARIFY THE RETENTION OF A DNA SAMPLE FOR A PERSON ARRESTED FOR A FELONY."
description: "CONCERNING THE TAKING OF A DNA SAMPLE FOR A PERSON ARRESTED FOR A FELONY; AND TO CLARIFY THE RETENTION OF A DNA SAMPLE FOR A PERSON ARRESTED FOR A FELONY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 526"
citation: "Arkansas SB 526 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Petty", "Pearce"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-29T16:12:10+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T13:36:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cae348cc-9fa4-4cf5-8f5e-bf1bb047eb94"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0a5fd2cb119a9a041a31434e64aebef4af037729785e70742dffc7d252d5d2d6"
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 526 (2023) — CONCERNING THE TAKING OF A DNA SAMPLE FOR A PERSON ARRESTED FOR A FELONY; AND TO CLARIFY THE RETENTION OF A DNA SAMPLE FOR A PERSON ARRESTED FOR A FELONY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 785** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=785.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 526** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB526.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Petty — primary (person)
- Pearce — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-29T16:12:10+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-29T18:41:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T17:56:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T20:46:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:46:29+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-04T22:14:00+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-05T00:58:25+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`
- **2023-04-06T16:21:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T14:34:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T14:34:49+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:35:29+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:35:32+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:16:54+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:16:55+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T13:36:56+00:00** Notification that SB526 is now Act 785 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cae348cc-9fa4-4cf5-8f5e-bf1bb047eb94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).