---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE POSTING OF A WRITTEN NOTICE THAT ATTACKING A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL IS A FELONY; AND TO ALLOW A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL TO USE A WORK ADDRESS WHEN REPORTING CERTAIN OFFENSES."
description: "TO REQUIRE POSTING OF A WRITTEN NOTICE THAT ATTACKING A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL IS A FELONY; AND TO ALLOW A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL TO USE A WORK ADDRESS WHEN REPORTING CERTAIN OFFENSES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 344"
citation: "Arkansas SB 344 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-28T22:23:27+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:08:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bd45f9c-489a-46ab-b6d5-27e4421ec6a7"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e2289c3e0a6ad44d2e643be0256e4b56131f70b8446d758cb204427bcfa690cb"
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 344 (2023) — TO REQUIRE POSTING OF A WRITTEN NOTICE THAT ATTACKING A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL IS A FELONY; AND TO ALLOW A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL TO USE A WORK ADDRESS WHEN REPORTING CERTAIN OFFENSES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 313** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=313.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 344** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB344.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28T22:23:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-28T22:34:46+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T19:28:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07T21:15:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T21:15:43+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-07T22:06:49+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-07T22:44:44+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`
- **2023-03-09T18:22:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T20:25:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T20:25:58+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:50:08+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:50:13+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-15T13:23:52+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-15T13:23:56+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:08:02+00:00** Notification that SB344 is now Act 313 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bd45f9c-489a-46ab-b6d5-27e4421ec6a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).