---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE LAW CONCERNING A HEALTHCARE INSURER'S CONTRACTING WITH A TEMPORARY HOSPITAL FACILITY; AND TO REGULATE HEALTHCARE CONTRACTS TO REQUIRE GOOD-FAITH COOPERATION."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE LAW CONCERNING A HEALTHCARE INSURER'S CONTRACTING WITH A TEMPORARY HOSPITAL FACILITY; AND TO REGULATE HEALTHCARE CONTRACTS TO REQUIRE GOOD-FAITH COOPERATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 603"
citation: "Arkansas SB 603 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-29T17:36:50+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-19T17:53:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea875647-8d0f-4a7a-9c1e-41ee2a07b3f8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4d2b6d5623a5bc17a599736ed88856ddec163221746682ac64944bae7b1065aa"
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 603 (2021) — TO CLARIFY THE LAW CONCERNING A HEALTHCARE INSURER'S CONTRACTING WITH A TEMPORARY HOSPITAL FACILITY; AND TO REGULATE HEALTHCARE CONTRACTS TO REQUIRE GOOD-FAITH COOPERATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 603** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB603.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-29T17:36:50+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-29T18:59:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T22:07:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T20:11:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T20:11:19+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-31T21:41:50+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-31T22:37:27+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`
- **2021-04-12T18:00:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13T20:01:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T20:02:02+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-13T21:26:13+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-13T21:26:20+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-14T15:07:27+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-14T15:07:33+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19T17:53:21+00:00** Notification that SB603 is now Act 723 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea875647-8d0f-4a7a-9c1e-41ee2a07b3f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).