---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER LICENSURE ACT; TO PROTECT PATIENTS' RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO MEDICATIONS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER LICENSURE ACT; TO PROTECT PATIENTS' RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO MEDICATIONS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 104"
citation: "Arkansas SB 104 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Lundstrum"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-27T15:03:22+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-10T21:00:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9399b6a5-4265-4a20-965e-c37bbacc73c3"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "680296a236a50fb31240c0ce5b6a6e9828d9531815d53d326f0e50f88f0926fa"
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 104 (2025) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER LICENSURE ACT; TO PROTECT PATIENTS' RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO MEDICATIONS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 514** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=514.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB104-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB104-H2.pdf)
4. **SB 104** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB104.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — primary (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27T15:03:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-27T19:39:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T18:40:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17T19:23:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T19:23:42+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-03-17T19:23:50+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-17T22:38:00+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-17T23:53:02+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`
- **2025-03-19T13:34:22+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-19T13:34:24+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19T21:19:08+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-01T00:58:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01T18:43:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-01T18:43:27+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-01T19:44:39+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-02T20:20:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T20:20:26+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-02T20:20:42+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2025-04-03T01:00:20+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 .
- **2025-04-03T01:00:35+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T18:42:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 & 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T18:30:24+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T18:31:37+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 & 2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-07T18:31:46+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-07T18:32:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T18:32:11+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-07T18:32:20+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-08T14:36:44+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-08T14:36:49+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-10T21:00:31+00:00** Notification that SB104 is now Act 514 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9399b6a5-4265-4a20-965e-c37bbacc73c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).