---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ENABLE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO MAKE APPROPRIATE BILLING DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PATIENTS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE BILLING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PATIENTS ACT."
description: "TO ENABLE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO MAKE APPROPRIATE BILLING DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PATIENTS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE BILLING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PATIENTS ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1907"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1907 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Lowery"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-12T21:29:38+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-03T21:15:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee1b57bc-e9b7-46e5-875a-ee6ecb644f73"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1bf9fd45214af6c9952bebd9ad6f3c0d86318ee4f4c94c6cb6126b97fcf63052"
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 1907 (2021) — TO ENABLE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO MAKE APPROPRIATE BILLING DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PATIENTS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE BILLING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PATIENTS ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1907-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1907** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1907.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Lowery — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-12T21:29:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-12T22:46:18+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`
- **2021-04-14T16:18:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T18:43:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T22:28:22+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-15T22:28:32+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T00:14:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T18:38:10+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-22T18:38:15+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-22T21:54:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-23T01:38:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T01:38:50+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-23T02:06:40+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-23T02:06:50+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T18:20:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T16:44:18+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T16:44:20+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-28T16:25:22+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-05-03T21:15:27+00:00** Notification that HB1907 is now Act 1105 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee1b57bc-e9b7-46e5-875a-ee6ecb644f73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).