---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL NOTICE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVENE IN ALL QUI TAM LAWSUITS INVOLVING STATE FUNDS BROUGHT UNDER THE FEDERAL FALSE CLAIMS ACT."
description: "TO PROVIDE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL NOTICE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVENE IN ALL QUI TAM LAWSUITS INVOLVING STATE FUNDS BROUGHT UNDER THE FEDERAL FALSE CLAIMS ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1623"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1623 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flippo", "M. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03T20:47:20+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-08T19:44:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccdd20a3-ce19-4adf-b355-ceaec645929b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "114e1c9d3eaf05b3d9f7b009fd14019830825e571b53594903483e1b9a25acec"
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 1623 (2021) — TO PROVIDE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL NOTICE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVENE IN ALL QUI TAM LAWSUITS INVOLVING STATE FUNDS BROUGHT UNDER THE FEDERAL FALSE CLAIMS ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1623** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1623.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Flippo — primary (person)
- M. Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03T20:47:20+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-03T22:44:35+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`
- **2021-03-12T00:07:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15T19:00:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T21:49:19+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-15T21:49:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T22:48:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T20:52:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T20:52:22+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-05T21:59:57+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-05T21:59:59+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-06T16:14:48+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-08T19:44:58+00:00** Notification that HB1623 is now Act 616 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccdd20a3-ce19-4adf-b355-ceaec645929b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).