---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A HEALTHCARE WORKER; AND TO DEFINE \"HEALTHCARE WORKER\" REGARDING ASSAULT AND BATTERY."
description: "TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A HEALTHCARE WORKER; AND TO DEFINE \"HEALTHCARE WORKER\" REGARDING ASSAULT AND BATTERY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 435"
citation: "Arkansas SB 435 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-11T22:05:12+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:18:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7c675a3-6cd9-46a7-af15-8cb392335c15"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "cd998c76d431980dfdec4a4f07319943eb0b7f25c32c73d741da7df102218910"
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 435 (2025) — TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A HEALTHCARE WORKER; AND TO DEFINE "HEALTHCARE WORKER" REGARDING ASSAULT AND BATTERY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 753** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=753.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 435** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB435.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11T22:05:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-12T18:58:50+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T23:03:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18T19:11:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T19:12:01+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-18T20:59:46+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-18T21:36:11+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`
- **2025-04-10T19:22:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T00:20:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T00:20:50+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T01:46:52+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T01:46:57+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:05:28+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-15T14:05:32+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:18:09+00:00** Notification that SB435 is now Act 753 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7c675a3-6cd9-46a7-af15-8cb392335c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).