---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ADVANCING WOMEN'S HEALTH ACT OF 2015; AND TO REQUIRE THE ACT TO APPLY TO FUNDING THROUGH THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
description: "TO AMEND THE ADVANCING WOMEN'S HEALTH ACT OF 2015; AND TO REQUIRE THE ACT TO APPLY TO FUNDING THROUGH THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1408"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1408 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Stubblefield", "Lundstrum"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03T20:26:56+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-15T18:03:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1c36969-d4d7-4b5f-8e5e-209abdebc477"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f7303e67b91510a67d2608a95ba8dde923f8b747ca366b475a53a90f4bb6829f"
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 1408 (2021) — TO AMEND THE ADVANCING WOMEN'S HEALTH ACT OF 2015; AND TO REQUIRE THE ACT TO APPLY TO FUNDING THROUGH THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1408** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1408.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **82–8** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **30–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03T20:26:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-03T22:44:33+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`
- **2021-03-03T00:03:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03T19:40:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T23:00:40+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-03T23:00:50+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T00:08:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11T21:22:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T21:22:35+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:27:41+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:27:43+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-12T15:46:53+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-15T18:03:11+00:00** Notification that HB1408 is now Act 358 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1c36969-d4d7-4b5f-8e5e-209abdebc477`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).