---
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).