---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE FOR DATA COLLECTION AND EVALUATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND INITIAL TIME-CRITICAL DIAGNOSES AND PROCEDURES; AND TO ENSURE CONFIDENTIALITY TO HELP IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND PROMPT TREATMENT."
description: "TO PROVIDE FOR DATA COLLECTION AND EVALUATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND INITIAL TIME-CRITICAL DIAGNOSES AND PROCEDURES; AND TO ENSURE CONFIDENTIALITY TO HELP IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND PROMPT TREATMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1723"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1723 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-12T14:54:05+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T18:29:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83c88d88-39b9-4ac8-adf6-2efa568bae4d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8d17cc63b4b55c32e04724f2d9c82074b698d70f948f050192377e84d08bf19d"
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 1723 (2021) — TO PROVIDE FOR DATA COLLECTION AND EVALUATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND INITIAL TIME-CRITICAL DIAGNOSES AND PROCEDURES; AND TO ENSURE CONFIDENTIALITY TO HELP IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND PROMPT TREATMENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1723** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1723.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-12T14:54:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-15T22:00:43+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`
- **2021-03-30T23:29:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31T18:35:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T21:33:32+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-31T21:33:42+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T23:02:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12T19:56:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T19:56:23+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-12T21:46:07+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-12T21:46:08+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-13T13:46:23+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-14T18:29:41+00:00** Notification that HB1723 is now Act 707 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83c88d88-39b9-4ac8-adf6-2efa568bae4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).