---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTHCARE DECISIONS ACT; AND TO CLARIFY THE ABILITY OF A SURROGATE TO OBTAIN RECORDS ON A PRINCIPAL'S INCOME, ASSETS, AND BANKING AND FINANCIAL RECORDS."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTHCARE DECISIONS ACT; AND TO CLARIFY THE ABILITY OF A SURROGATE TO OBTAIN RECORDS ON A PRINCIPAL'S INCOME, ASSETS, AND BANKING AND FINANCIAL RECORDS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Arkansas SB 178 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Boyd", "Rose"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-03T15:10:34+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-27T21:44:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b9222b4-51e0-47ea-9d6c-b35767d9f98d"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e7240f1fba7034ca93c504a8a2c4b62cc462ce09124995f8e46805657c1b7430"
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 178 (2025) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTHCARE DECISIONS ACT; AND TO CLARIFY THE ABILITY OF A SURROGATE TO OBTAIN RECORDS ON A PRINCIPAL'S INCOME, ASSETS, AND BANKING AND FINANCIAL RECORDS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 202** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=202.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 178** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB178.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03T15:10:34+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-03T19:40:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T23:21:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12T20:21:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T20:21:09+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-12T22:29:23+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-12T23:38:10+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`
- **2025-02-25T20:25:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T21:21:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T21:21:47+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-26T22:25:04+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-02-26T22:25:08+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-26T22:32:23+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-26T22:32:26+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-27T21:44:16+00:00** Notification that SB178 is now Act 202 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b9222b4-51e0-47ea-9d6c-b35767d9f98d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).