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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO CREATE THE HOSPITAL PHARMACY CONTINUITY OF CARE ENDORSEMENT TO ALLOW HOSPITALS TO DISPENSE OUTPATIENT MEDICATIONS FOR CERTAIN PATIENTS."
+description: "TO CREATE THE HOSPITAL PHARMACY CONTINUITY OF CARE ENDORSEMENT TO ALLOW HOSPITALS TO DISPENSE OUTPATIENT MEDICATIONS FOR CERTAIN PATIENTS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 265"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 265 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "J. Boyd"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-14T19:13:02+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-03-14T18:22:36+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5193b376-41b3-4004-a6d7-dd29773accdf"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "d9c2004f47c09348d2093505f842438a384e3956db204eadcc57d916dda60335"
+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 265 (2023) — TO CREATE THE HOSPITAL PHARMACY CONTINUITY OF CARE ENDORSEMENT TO ALLOW HOSPITALS TO DISPENSE OUTPATIENT MEDICATIONS FOR CERTAIN PATIENTS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=233.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB265-S1.pdf)
+3. **SB 265** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB265.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bentley — primary (person)
+- J. Boyd — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-14T19:13:02+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-02-14T19:50:00+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-20T14:09:19+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
+- **2023-02-20T14:09:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-02-20T14:09:31+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2023-02-20T19:25:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-02-20T19:25:49+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-22T19:31:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-23T18:07:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-23T18:08:02+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-02-23T20:20:02+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-02-23T21:56:57+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`
+- **2023-02-28T17:33:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-01T20:11:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-01T20:11:54+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-03-01T21:09:13+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2023-03-01T21:09:18+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-03-01T21:27:02+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-03-01T21:27:06+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-14T18:22:36+00:00** Notification that SB265 is now Act 233 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5193b376-41b3-4004-a6d7-dd29773accdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+