---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS TO BE IDENTIFIED AS A TREATING PROVIDER FOR INSURANCE BILLING AND CLAIMS AND TO BILL AND RECEIVE PAYMENT FOR PROVIDED HEALTHCARE SERVICES."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS TO BE IDENTIFIED AS A TREATING PROVIDER FOR INSURANCE BILLING AND CLAIMS AND TO BILL AND RECEIVE PAYMENT FOR PROVIDED HEALTHCARE SERVICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 112"
citation: "Arkansas SB 112 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Boyd", "Pilkington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24T18:59:52+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T15:57:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77c14c7f-baff-481e-8040-a30cc797108e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0c1b2d8c40c37a1489deed753b64e179217916599525caf788311246a27b2a4c"
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 112 (2023) — TO AUTHORIZE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS TO BE IDENTIFIED AS A TREATING PROVIDER FOR INSURANCE BILLING AND CLAIMS AND TO BILL AND RECEIVE PAYMENT FOR PROVIDED HEALTHCARE SERVICES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 303** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=303.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB112-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB112-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 112** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB112.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- Pilkington — primary (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24T18:59:52+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-24T19:24:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T14:13:50+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-09T14:13:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-09T14:14:04+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-09T17:13:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-09T17:13:47+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T14:14:28+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2023-02-14T14:14:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-14T14:14:43+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-14T19:17:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-14T19:17:33+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T19:24:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07T19:44:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T19:44:21+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-07T22:04:21+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-07T22:42:55+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`
- **2023-03-09T18:23:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T20:27:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T20:27:21+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:47:01+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:47:04+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-15T13:26:54+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-15T13:26:59+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T15:57:13+00:00** Notification that SB112 is now Act 303 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77c14c7f-baff-481e-8040-a30cc797108e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).