---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ENSURE THAT BENEFICIARIES OF THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM HAVE ACCESS TO NEW PRODUCTS AND LABEL EXPANSIONS APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION."
description: "TO ENSURE THAT BENEFICIARIES OF THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM HAVE ACCESS TO NEW PRODUCTS AND LABEL EXPANSIONS APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 143"
citation: "Arkansas SB 143 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "M. Gray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-19T17:13:57+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-20T15:06:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01414c64-6b49-417c-b7a9-4eb45bb1a5fd"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "080da4bb13af77c9ec22ff6706ff14304fc8312df8e20f7371bd8aec73843c2f"
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 SB 143 (2021) — TO ENSURE THAT BENEFICIARIES OF THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM HAVE ACCESS TO NEW PRODUCTS AND LABEL EXPANSIONS APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.

## 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%2FSB143-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB143-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 143** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB143.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- M. Gray — primary (person)
- Bledsoe — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19T17:13:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-19T20:13:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T14:23:47+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-02-04T14:23:56+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-04T19:05:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-04T19:05:27+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T22:27:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09T19:31:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09T19:31:50+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-09T22:11:45+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-09T22:23:50+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`
- **2021-03-16T13:45:46+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-16T13:45:48+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-16T16:23:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-01T19:02:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06T19:39:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:40:15+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-06T22:45:48+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-06T23:16:58+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:33:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T18:20:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-14T18:20:57+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-14T18:21:16+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-14T18:21:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T18:22:19+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-15T15:40:12+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-15T15:40:27+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20T15:06:45+00:00** Notification that SB143 is now Act 745 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01414c64-6b49-417c-b7a9-4eb45bb1a5fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).