---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING COVERAGE FOR BIOMARKER TESTING FOR EARLY DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT FOR CANCER DIAGNOSES."
description: "CONCERNING COVERAGE FOR BIOMARKER TESTING FOR EARLY DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT FOR CANCER DIAGNOSES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1121"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1121 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "F. Allen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12T17:11:31+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T14:59:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/396c0d84-10a9-4f75-8a81-a45a2d9397ff"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "37ef4a70e839daa45e8f1621a931bf04c02b3045898088048a92d7a057246ecc"
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 1121 (2023) — CONCERNING COVERAGE FOR BIOMARKER TESTING FOR EARLY DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT FOR CANCER DIAGNOSES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 429** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=429.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1121-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1121-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1121** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1121.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- F. Allen — primary (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- J. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Nicks — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- R. Murdock — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12T17:11:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-12T22:49:27+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`
- **2023-02-15T14:35:37+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-15T14:35:38+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15T16:35:03+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-28T14:35:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-28T14:35:10+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28T17:51:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-08T17:46:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13T18:53:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T21:44:26+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-13T21:44:35+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T18:46:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29T21:09:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T21:09:43+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-29T22:34:58+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-29T22:35:01+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-30T14:19:59+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-04T14:59:58+00:00** Notification that HB1121 is now Act 429 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/396c0d84-10a9-4f75-8a81-a45a2d9397ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).