---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS AND TREATMENT; AND TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES AND QUALITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES."
description: "CONCERNING FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS AND TREATMENT; AND TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES AND QUALITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 313"
citation: "Arkansas SB 313 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "K. Moore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-26T18:39:34+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:09:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfb04076-3368-4507-860d-8df28a6c0b3d"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "038783388c9bdf879bbab5807e282e871f47bc398606fad41a5c7c041262053b"
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 313 (2025) — CONCERNING FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS AND TREATMENT; AND TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES AND QUALITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 733** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=733.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB313-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB313-S1.pdf)
4. **SB 313** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB313.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- K. Moore — primary (person)
- A. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Duke — cosponsor (person)
- Henley — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- R. Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26T18:39:34+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-26T19:48:35+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T20:14:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06T20:06:21+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-06T20:06:27+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-06T21:59:37+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-10T19:15:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T19:15:36+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-10T21:03:54+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-10T22:54:31+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`
- **2025-04-09T01:07:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09T13:36:21+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-09T13:36:23+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09T17:03:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-14T20:12:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T20:12:18+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-15T00:28:58+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-15T18:24:02+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-15T18:24:09+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-15T18:24:13+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-15T18:24:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T18:24:56+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T12:33:23+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-16T12:33:28+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:09:38+00:00** Notification that SB313 is now Act 733 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfb04076-3368-4507-860d-8df28a6c0b3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).