---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE MINIMUM LEVELS FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFIT STOP-LOSS INSURANCE."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE MINIMUM LEVELS FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFIT STOP-LOSS INSURANCE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Arkansas SB 239 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maddox", "Rapert"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-28T19:16:39+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T22:18:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c75067a-3a2f-42e8-8d8e-ef0b74463b13"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ab76a952a29157a3a3a2bdcfd47f0066f02aec4473612915a6ece95c80814313"
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 239 (2021) — TO CLARIFY THE MINIMUM LEVELS FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFIT STOP-LOSS INSURANCE.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 239** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB239.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maddox — primary (person)
- Rapert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28T19:16:39+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-28T22:19:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T23:35:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01T20:40:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T20:40:22+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-01T22:42:04+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-01T23:08:56+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`
- **2021-03-10T19:47:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11T20:06:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T20:06:11+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-11T22:37:50+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-11T22:38:02+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-15T16:50:37+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-15T16:50:43+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17T22:18:09+00:00** Notification that SB239 is now Act 383 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c75067a-3a2f-42e8-8d8e-ef0b74463b13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).