---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH THE NONEMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RIDESHARE EXPANSION STUDY WORKGROUP TO STUDY EXPANDING RIDESHARE SERVICES COVERED BY THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
description: "TO ESTABLISH THE NONEMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RIDESHARE EXPANSION STUDY WORKGROUP TO STUDY EXPANDING RIDESHARE SERVICES COVERED BY THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1009"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1009 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pilkington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-11-18T22:31:42+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:03:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b0a770d-400b-4a2a-bd74-2a50bb51ed1e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d5246a8555e020c75896d3ebb4f24475257f321b677617975288cdd9df60360c"
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 HB 1009 (2023) — TO ESTABLISH THE NONEMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION RIDESHARE EXPANSION STUDY WORKGROUP TO STUDY EXPANDING RIDESHARE SERVICES COVERED BY THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 484** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=484.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1009-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1009** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1009.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pilkington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-18T22:31:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:51:23+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`
- **2023-01-23T14:32:26+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-23T14:32:30+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-23T16:58:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-02T16:56:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T20:21:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T22:29:58+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-06T22:30:00+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, and read the second time. Objection to referring to committee. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16T16:31:00+00:00** HB1009 was referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:17:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T20:17:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:17:06+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:17:01+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:17:07+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T14:08:10+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:03:34+00:00** Notification that HB1009 is now Act 484 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b0a770d-400b-4a2a-bd74-2a50bb51ed1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).