---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE END ORGAN AND GENOMIC HARVESTING ACT; TO PROHIBIT COVERAGE OF CERTAIN HUMAN ORGAN TRANSPLANT OR POST-TRANSPLANT CARE; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN GENETIC SEQUENCERS AND GENETIC ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGIES."
description: "TO CREATE THE END ORGAN AND GENOMIC HARVESTING ACT; TO PROHIBIT COVERAGE OF CERTAIN HUMAN ORGAN TRANSPLANT OR POST-TRANSPLANT CARE; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN GENETIC SEQUENCERS AND GENETIC ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 311"
citation: "Arkansas SB 311 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "McAlindon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-26T15:38:58+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:24:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a8de00e-da32-4942-9e68-d976b8ec2c66"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "617955c7e46f73a59bac4b23901fea8da7b92bf238855e2a3baf89effed4282e"
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 311 (2025) — TO CREATE THE END ORGAN AND GENOMIC HARVESTING ACT; TO PROHIBIT COVERAGE OF CERTAIN HUMAN ORGAN TRANSPLANT OR POST-TRANSPLANT CARE; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN GENETIC SEQUENCERS AND GENETIC ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 772** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=772.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB311-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 311** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB311.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- McAlindon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26T15:38:58+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-26T19:47:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T18:44:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T19:20:03+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-07T19:20:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T19:20:16+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-07T21:00:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-08T19:29:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T19:29:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-08T20:23:13+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-09T01:47:46+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`
- **2025-04-10T20:18:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T00:45:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T00:45:40+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T01:56:37+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T01:56:41+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:03:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-15T14:03:10+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:24:23+00:00** Notification that SB311 is now Act 772 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a8de00e-da32-4942-9e68-d976b8ec2c66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).