---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ENSURE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL ARE PROTECTED FROM LIFE-THREATENING DISEASES; TO AMEND THE HIV SHIELD LAW TO INCLUDE PROTECTION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE WORKERS."
description: "TO ENSURE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL ARE PROTECTED FROM LIFE-THREATENING DISEASES; TO AMEND THE HIV SHIELD LAW TO INCLUDE PROTECTION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE WORKERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1365"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1365 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Gray"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f794796-7142-4923-97d5-b9bf9282c515"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "acdfffa564c6822a7d58d6f0cb99596e418b41917defba209a53fa470a05e03f"
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 HB 1365 (2019) — TO ENSURE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL ARE PROTECTED FROM LIFE-THREATENING DISEASES; TO AMEND THE HIV SHIELD LAW TO INCLUDE PROTECTION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE WORKERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=HB1365-S1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **HB 1365** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1365.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** 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`
- **2019-02-05** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-07** Received from the House.
- **2019-02-07** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Rules suspended.
- **2019-02-12** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2019-02-12** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2019-02-12** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-02-12** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-02-20** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2019-02-20** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2019-02-25** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-02-26** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-02-28** Notification that HB1365 is now Act 253 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f794796-7142-4923-97d5-b9bf9282c515`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).