---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROHIBIT THE GOVERNMENT FROM MANDATING A VACCINATION OR IMMUNIZATION FOR CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19) OR ANY SUBVARIANTS OF CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19), OR BOTH; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO PROHIBIT THE GOVERNMENT FROM MANDATING A VACCINATION OR IMMUNIZATION FOR CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19) OR ANY SUBVARIANTS OF CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19), OR BOTH; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023S1"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "Arkansas SB 3 (2023S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beaty Jr.", "J. Bryant"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-09-08T20:44:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-09-15T17:04:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e30f94ea-bfa0-44b8-b2c7-5857b43ca260"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "27e4d8af4826ddcf1e7a7d486956ceba2f3425ee76fde8bc19856d1b5f51c617"
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 3 (2023S1) — TO PROHIBIT THE GOVERNMENT FROM MANDATING A VACCINATION OR IMMUNIZATION FOR CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19) OR ANY SUBVARIANTS OF CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19), OR BOTH; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023S1%2FPublic%2F&file=4.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023S1)
2. **SB 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2023S1%2FPublic%2FSB3.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beaty Jr. — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- C. Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Crowell — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- Duke — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
- John Carr — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- M. Shepherd — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)
- Puryear — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Schulz — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-08T20:44:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-09-11T16:21:27+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-11T20:04:01+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-09-11T20:04:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-12T15:20:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12T15:21:01+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-09-12T15:21:11+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-09-12T15:59:18+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-09-12T16:10:57+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`
- **2023-09-13T14:52:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-14T14:29:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T14:29:41+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-09-14T14:29:48+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-09-14T15:12:59+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-09-14T15:13:06+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-09-14T15:23:40+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-09-14T15:23:43+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15T17:04:39+00:00** Notification that SB3 is now Act 4 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e30f94ea-bfa0-44b8-b2c7-5857b43ca260`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).