---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE AUTHORITY OF A SURROGATE UNDER THE ARKANSAS HEALTHCARE DECISIONS ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE AUTHORITY OF A SURROGATE UNDER THE ARKANSAS HEALTHCARE DECISIONS ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 74"
citation: "Arkansas SB 74 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Boyd", "Rose"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18T19:23:09+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-14T19:12:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/367d89fa-0cbd-4202-ada8-be8ed1d63354"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6d5d6f594a7906127de3f2b2d5db9043f669edd1424cf42ad24ff72cc2a25ab5"
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 74 (2023) — TO AMEND THE AUTHORITY OF A SURROGATE UNDER THE ARKANSAS HEALTHCARE DECISIONS ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 49** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=49.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB74-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB74-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 74** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB74.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **23–4** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18T19:23:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-18T19:34:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23T14:12:43+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-01-23T14:12:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-23T14:12:55+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-01-23T19:17:22+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-23T19:17:30+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T19:15:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26T16:38:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-26T16:38:15+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-01-26T17:37:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-30T20:02:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30T20:02:49+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-01-30T21:10:04+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-01-30T22:20:08+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`
- **2023-02-02T16:57:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T20:14:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T20:14:17+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-07T20:57:35+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-07T20:57:39+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-07T21:05:58+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-07T21:06:02+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-14T19:12:00+00:00** Notification that SB74 is now Act 49 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/367d89fa-0cbd-4202-ada8-be8ed1d63354`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).