---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE WRITTEN CONSENT OF A PATIENT TO TRANSFER A PRESCRIPTION FROM A PHARMACY; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN DISCLOSURES OF OWNERSHIP INTEREST OR POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; AND TO PROHIBIT DATA MINING OF PATIENT INFORMATION."
description: "TO REQUIRE WRITTEN CONSENT OF A PATIENT TO TRANSFER A PRESCRIPTION FROM A PHARMACY; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN DISCLOSURES OF OWNERSHIP INTEREST OR POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; AND TO PROHIBIT DATA MINING OF PATIENT INFORMATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 617"
citation: "Arkansas SB 617 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Gray", "Rapert"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-31T14:39:44+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:26:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d363bab-3a5d-479a-92fe-c17241877a14"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4c9730081732d3b5cfb8bdea92cabc5972cf48cba81121d7f39fb2a4a23d7633"
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 617 (2021) — TO REQUIRE WRITTEN CONSENT OF A PATIENT TO TRANSFER A PRESCRIPTION FROM A PHARMACY; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN DISCLOSURES OF OWNERSHIP INTEREST OR POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; AND TO PROHIBIT DATA MINING OF PATIENT INFORMATION.

## 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%2FSB617-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB617-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 617** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB617.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Gray — primary (person)
- Rapert — primary (person)
- Bledsoe — cosponsor (person)
- Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- D. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Elliott — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- M. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Murdock — cosponsor (person)
- V. Flowers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-31T14:39:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-31T18:32:09+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T19:10:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T18:37:11+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-19T18:37:18+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-19T20:47:35+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-20T20:04:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T20:04:53+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-20T22:24:49+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-20T23:13:47+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`
- **2021-04-22T22:43:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-26T18:16:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-26T18:16:09+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26T18:57:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-26T19:31:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T19:32:05+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-26T22:11:46+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1
- **2021-04-26T22:11:57+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T01:08:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27T16:03:31+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-27T16:03:41+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T16:03:54+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-27T16:04:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T16:04:05+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T19:13:02+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T19:13:06+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:26:15+00:00** Notification that SB617 is now Act 1053 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d363bab-3a5d-479a-92fe-c17241877a14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).