---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY AUDIT BILL OF RIGHTS; AND TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER LICENSURE ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY AUDIT BILL OF RIGHTS; AND TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER LICENSURE ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1804"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1804 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Evans"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18T19:03:26+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-12T18:24:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a6b083f-77c1-49f3-8312-1eedf31f283d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "eaea81639f10346a640025d27608409e2470b7c736c70278f988134b39291d73"
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 1804 (2021) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY AUDIT BILL OF RIGHTS; AND TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER LICENSURE ACT.

## 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%2FHB1804-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1804** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1804.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T19:03:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T22:22:14+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`
- **2021-03-23T13:35:57+00:00** Re-referred to reassign to transfer to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T13:40:10+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-30T13:40:12+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-30T15:57:11+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-31T16:52:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01T18:44:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T21:19:27+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-01T21:19:36+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T20:23:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07T20:25:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T20:25:57+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-07T21:59:26+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-07T21:59:27+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-08T14:42:25+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-12T18:24:59+00:00** Notification that HB1804 is now Act 665 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a6b083f-77c1-49f3-8312-1eedf31f283d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).