---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR GENETIC TESTING FOR AN INHERITED GENE MUTATION FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS; AND TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED CANCER IMAGING FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS."
description: "TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR GENETIC TESTING FOR AN INHERITED GENE MUTATION FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS; AND TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED CANCER IMAGING FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1079"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1079 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "F. Allen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-08T22:12:22+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:47:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6df240f7-b283-489c-b56c-f093daefb317"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "527420c17c3b22b221df1bd10e9aa4e9e5044f06ac068ed69907bea35db252f1"
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 1079 (2025) — TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR GENETIC TESTING FOR AN INHERITED GENE MUTATION FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS; AND TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED CANCER IMAGING FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 860** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=860.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1079-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1079-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1079-S1.pdf)
5. **HB 1079** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1079.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- F. Allen — primary (person)
- J. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08T22:12:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-13T21:18:29+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`
- **2025-01-30T14:32:28+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-01-30T14:32:32+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-30T17:06:09+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-13T18:27:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17T13:43:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-17T13:43:25+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-17T17:58:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-18T19:41:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T22:04:45+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-18T22:04:54+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T19:13:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02T13:11:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-02T13:11:38+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-02T18:12:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-09T00:22:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T00:23:33+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-09T15:59:46+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-09T16:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T20:15:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14T19:43:24+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-14T19:43:26+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T16:53:36+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:47:47+00:00** Notification that HB1079 is now Act 860 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6df240f7-b283-489c-b56c-f093daefb317`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).