---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COVERAGE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING."
description: "TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COVERAGE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 309"
citation: "Arkansas SB 309 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-09T19:29:15+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T17:13:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc18f4c6-8093-49ee-9591-96e237295255"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a520141d23c07a66900259eee797009e3098fed34e9682b309c242cfca579ae2"
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 309 (2021) — TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COVERAGE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING.

## 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%2FSB309-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB309-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB309-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 309** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB309.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
- Bledsoe — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Clowney — cosponsor (person)
- D. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- D. Whitaker — cosponsor (person)
- Elliott — cosponsor (person)
- F. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hillman — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- L. Eads — cosponsor (person)
- Love — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- Magie — cosponsor (person)
- Murdock — cosponsor (person)
- Nicks — cosponsor (person)
- Teague — cosponsor (person)
- V. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09T19:29:15+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-09T21:23:31+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T14:34:29+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-02T14:34:37+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-02T19:11:08+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-02T19:16:28+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T23:55:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15T18:21:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-15T18:21:49+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-15T19:45:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-16T18:33:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T18:34:17+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-16T20:39:09+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-16T21:53:27+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`
- **2021-03-23T13:35:42+00:00** Re-referred to reassign to transfer to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T16:52:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01T18:06:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-01T18:06:58+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01T18:45:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-06T19:20:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:20:39+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-06T22:44:41+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-06T23:15:44+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T22:31:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T18:50:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-15T18:50:05+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-15T18:50:30+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-15T18:51:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T18:51:30+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-19T14:37:47+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-19T14:37:52+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T17:13:17+00:00** Notification that SB309 is now Act 779 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc18f4c6-8093-49ee-9591-96e237295255`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).