---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE NO PATIENT LEFT ALONE ACT; AND TO SET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING CLERGY MEMBER VISITATION."
description: "TO AMEND THE NO PATIENT LEFT ALONE ACT; AND TO SET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING CLERGY MEMBER VISITATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 517"
citation: "Arkansas SB 517 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-28T20:53:09+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:33:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/788797d3-7ef3-4a84-8bb2-4f502f7b4bdd"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2e3437ed4a16d8db36fcb1540b6f97e6806f6f6c2a049295cf222f9a203cf013"
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 517 (2023) — TO AMEND THE NO PATIENT LEFT ALONE ACT; AND TO SET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING CLERGY MEMBER VISITATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 716** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=716.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 517** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB517.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28T20:53:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-28T21:07:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31T17:40:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03T20:49:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T20:49:20+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-03T22:57:35+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-04T00:48:02+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`
- **2023-04-04T17:29:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T21:27:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T21:27:25+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:46:04+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:46:06+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T15:00:42+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T15:00:45+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:33:50+00:00** Notification that SB517 is now Act 716 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/788797d3-7ef3-4a84-8bb2-4f502f7b4bdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).