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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO ALLOW EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS TO BE LICENSED; AND TO AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS TO BE REIMBURSED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
+description: "TO ALLOW EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS TO BE LICENSED; AND TO AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS TO BE REIMBURSED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1128"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1128 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-12T20:04:44+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-03-13T12:41:10+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44ec4477-ca32-4dad-9bf6-1656adeb597d"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "240bf917f6f0fbeb75db9418b0423e14038322980eeca2436d6109405d527ada"
+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 1128 (2023) — TO ALLOW EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS TO BE LICENSED; AND TO AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS TO BE REIMBURSED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 258** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=258.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1128-H1.pdf)
+3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1128-S1.pdf)
+4. **HB 1128** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1128.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **90–1** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Irvin — primary (person)
+- L. Johnson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-12T20:04:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-01-12T22:51:14+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`
+- **2023-02-14T17:26:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-15T14:35:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-02-15T14:35:10+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-15T16:34:35+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-02-21T20:03:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-21T22:11:21+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-02-21T22:11:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-06T19:28:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-07T19:30:39+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-03-07T19:30:45+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2023-03-07T21:43:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-03-08T19:58:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-08T19:58:42+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
+- **2023-03-08T20:59:52+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2023-03-09T17:19:30+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
+- **2023-03-09T17:19:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-03-09T20:51:50+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-03-13T12:41:10+00:00** Notification that HB1128 is now Act 258 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44ec4477-ca32-4dad-9bf6-1656adeb597d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+