---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PERMIT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO MAINTAIN MEDICAL RECORDS IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT."
description: "TO PERMIT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO MAINTAIN MEDICAL RECORDS IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 137"
citation: "Arkansas SB 137 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Achor", "J. Boyd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-28T20:01:49+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-25T23:12:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a8def0c-d6bf-48fa-be15-b30e616487c8"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b331c8b6b287dfc959a29ce9ad55c3275bfa1dd16849dc35c922673fd39c8f94"
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 137 (2025) — TO PERMIT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO MAINTAIN MEDICAL RECORDS IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 141** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=141.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 137** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB137.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Achor — primary (person)
- J. Boyd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28T20:01:49+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-28T20:55:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05T19:41:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06T16:24:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-06T16:24:57+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-06T18:58:32+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-06T23:31:20+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`
- **2025-02-18T20:40:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T20:33:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19T20:33:09+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-19T22:13:50+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-02-19T22:13:56+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-20T19:35:30+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-20T19:35:34+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-25T23:12:27+00:00** Notification that SB137 is now Act 141 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a8def0c-d6bf-48fa-be15-b30e616487c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).