---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE CERTAIN LONG-TERM CARE INSURERS TO FILE MARKET CONDUCT ANNUAL STATEMENTS."
description: "TO REQUIRE CERTAIN LONG-TERM CARE INSURERS TO FILE MARKET CONDUCT ANNUAL STATEMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1242"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1242 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowery", "M. Pitsch"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-25T18:13:14+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-15T18:06:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c73aec0b-ebc9-4f74-80e9-196b14e8aed6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3f297b795f9af1497b2b7940e872545c3ff9a2281ca99ac477430c2dc9c8f485"
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 1242 (2021) — TO REQUIRE CERTAIN LONG-TERM CARE INSURERS TO FILE MARKET CONDUCT ANNUAL STATEMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1242-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1242** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1242.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowery — primary (person)
- M. Pitsch — primary (person)
- J. Hendren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25T18:13:14+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-25T19:42:54+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`
- **2021-02-03T17:10:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04T19:17:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T23:18:18+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-04T23:18:31+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T14:33:40+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-03T14:33:49+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-03T19:15:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-03T19:15:41+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T22:49:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10T21:03:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T21:06:22+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended, Amedment #1.
- **2021-03-10T22:27:44+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-11T19:23:17+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-03-11T19:23:19+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-12T15:47:38+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-15T18:06:07+00:00** Notification that HB1242 is now Act 371 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c73aec0b-ebc9-4f74-80e9-196b14e8aed6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).