---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPEAL THE HEALTHCARE QUALITY AND PAYMENT POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT."
description: "TO REPEAL THE HEALTHCARE QUALITY AND PAYMENT POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 187"
citation: "Arkansas SB 187 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Schulz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-01T20:40:29+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-01T22:15:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1fa1a8b-d9f1-476b-b5a9-0650cd5bd761"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "96216cd910acb5a615eb2a9734d266e01cbe64e4108ac0fd656d3b454e46029d"
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 187 (2023) — TO REPEAL THE HEALTHCARE QUALITY AND PAYMENT POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=163.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB187-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 187** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB187.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- Schulz — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01T20:40:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-01T21:36:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T19:24:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09T17:34:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T17:35:06+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-09T19:01:01+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-09T22:37:21+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`
- **2023-02-14T17:26:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T14:31:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-16T14:31:09+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16T16:23:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-21T20:28:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T20:29:09+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-02-21T22:02:44+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended #1
- **2023-02-23T17:34:57+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-23T17:35:04+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-02-23T17:35:09+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-02-23T17:35:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T17:35:26+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-23T20:59:17+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-23T20:59:22+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-01T22:15:20+00:00** Notification that SB187 is now Act 163 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1fa1a8b-d9f1-476b-b5a9-0650cd5bd761`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).