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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF \"POLICY CANCELLATION\"; AND TO CLARIFY THE MINIMUM NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR CANCELLATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY AND CASUALTY POLICIES."
+description: "TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF \"POLICY CANCELLATION\"; AND TO CLARIFY THE MINIMUM NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR CANCELLATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY AND CASUALTY POLICIES."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1243"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1243 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lowery", "M. Pitsch"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-25T18:15:02+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-28T19:48:13+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7534640-5b74-458e-bb3f-113cb4ebff56"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "b9f5f711661043af8ca2a6bda82d561314b41bd71bb1554adfc84f1e14168db8"
+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 1243 (2021) — TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF "POLICY CANCELLATION"; AND TO CLARIFY THE MINIMUM NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR CANCELLATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY AND CASUALTY POLICIES.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1243-H1.pdf)
+2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1243-S1.pdf)
+3. **HB 1243** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1243.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **89–2** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lowery — primary (person)
+- M. Pitsch — primary (person)
+- J. Hendren — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-25T18:15:02+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-25T19:43:06+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-31T16:52:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-01T13:35:09+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-04-01T13:35:11+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-01T17:01:06+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-05T18:42:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-05T21:32:13+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-04-05T21:32:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06T20:23:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-07T18:42:56+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-04-07T18:43:21+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-04-07T21:17:48+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-08T19:12:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-08T19:13:18+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
+- **2021-04-08T20:43:20+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2021-04-08T20:43:35+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-21T16:04:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-22T18:50:59+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
+- **2021-04-22T18:51:03+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-23T18:07:36+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-04-28T19:48:13+00:00** Notification that HB1243 is now Act 994 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7534640-5b74-458e-bb3f-113cb4ebff56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+