---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ASSESSMENT FEE AND PROGRAM ON MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS WITHIN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE ASSESSMENT FEE AND PROGRAM ON MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS WITHIN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 189"
citation: "Arkansas SB 189 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Johnson", "Teague"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-25T21:52:20+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T18:11:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c29cf9cb-d8e7-4ddd-9dcb-0a4e6dce41a8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "18741735bbfd93fe7695a76f76eb5e5a7a1a3dbfb358afc84fea3696de50eb16"
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 189 (2021) — TO AMEND THE ASSESSMENT FEE AND PROGRAM ON MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS WITHIN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 189** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB189.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25T21:52:20+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-25T23:19:52+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T19:30:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-02T19:30:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02T19:30:47+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-02-02T19:36:13+00:00** Held in the Chamber
- **2021-02-03T19:17:37+00:00** Ordered transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-03T22:28:58+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-03T22:48:33+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`
- **2021-03-16T22:54:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T19:46:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T19:46:32+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-18T19:46:39+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-18T21:57:50+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-18T21:57:56+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-22T17:51:43+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-22T17:51:48+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T18:11:30+00:00** Notification that SB189 is now Act 444 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c29cf9cb-d8e7-4ddd-9dcb-0a4e6dce41a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).