---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING COVERAGE OF DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATIONS FOR BREAST CANCER UNDER CERTAIN HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS."
description: "CONCERNING COVERAGE OF DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATIONS FOR BREAST CANCER UNDER CERTAIN HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 290"
citation: "Arkansas SB 290 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Leding", "Vaught"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-04T20:41:09+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T21:03:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41dd18ef-1687-4f8b-b174-ec4bdd47dc28"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "86acfcc842c176a16bf7d6ada53348ec5dc65b082eaefec7f42fe956337cc00a"
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 290 (2021) — CONCERNING COVERAGE OF DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATIONS FOR BREAST CANCER UNDER CERTAIN HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS.

## 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%2FSB290-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB290-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 290** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB290.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- G. Leding — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Bledsoe — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- D. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Elliott — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- F. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- J. Hendren — cosponsor (person)
- Jett — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- L. Eads — cosponsor (person)
- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- Murdock — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Slape — cosponsor (person)
- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- Teague — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T20:41:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-04T21:38:18+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T14:37:03+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-02-24T14:37:12+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-24T19:18:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-24T19:18:41+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T23:36:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01T20:42:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T20:42:44+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-01T22:42:16+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-01T23:09:30+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`
- **2021-03-08T14:36:57+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-08T14:36:59+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08T18:43:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-15T16:18:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-16T19:11:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T19:11:20+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-16T20:37:41+00:00** Returned From the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-03-31T18:11:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-31T18:11:31+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-03-31T18:11:40+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-03-31T18:12:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T18:12:14+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-01T15:57:16+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-01T15:57:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05T21:03:00+00:00** Notification that SB290 is now Act 553 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41dd18ef-1687-4f8b-b174-ec4bdd47dc28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).