---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO EXTEND THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR MEDICAL DEBT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
description: "TO EXTEND THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR MEDICAL DEBT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 640"
citation: "Arkansas SB 640 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Penzo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-06T18:33:13+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:16:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a60151d-4966-4953-9265-6405b300d6d8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7affb80c9cc89905fafe5e077795a33bd3d9bf74f4fa121b2237bff11eb60d8b"
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 640 (2021) — TO EXTEND THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR MEDICAL DEBT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB640-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 640** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB640.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **29–3** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **75–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Penzo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-06T18:33:13+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-06T19:30:12+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:36:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T18:50:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T19:58:18+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which SB640 passed. Motion passed.
- **2021-04-14T19:58:19+00:00** The vote by which SB640 Passed was expunged.
- **2021-04-14T19:58:49+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T19:10:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T18:34:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-19T18:34:48+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-19T20:47:54+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-20T20:06:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T20:07:14+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-20T22:24:57+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-20T23:14:03+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`
- **2021-04-22T22:43:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-26T19:26:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T19:26:55+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-26T22:51:50+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-26T22:51:54+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T13:36:19+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T13:36:23+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:16:34+00:00** Notification that SB640 is now Act 1032 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a60151d-4966-4953-9265-6405b300d6d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).