---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ANNUAL CAP FOR DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY SERVICES WITHIN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE ANNUAL CAP FOR DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY SERVICES WITHIN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 348"
citation: "Arkansas SB 348 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Pilkington"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-27T20:47:31+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:31:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdb9387f-7538-4f95-b137-5c8623230e70"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b4ccb41b8688c48473e81297614cc97344933fd118365951b9187a13ca1e4b0d"
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 348 (2025) — TO AMEND THE ANNUAL CAP FOR DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY SERVICES WITHIN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 567** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=567.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 348** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB348.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Pilkington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27T20:47:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-27T21:49:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T18:42:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31T19:58:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T19:58:42+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-03-31T19:58:49+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-31T22:38:07+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-01T02:21:35+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`
- **2025-04-03T18:32:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08T21:24:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T21:24:05+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-08T21:24:10+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-09T03:55:50+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-09T03:56:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T14:08:21+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-09T14:08:24+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-14T22:31:07+00:00** Notification that SB348 is now Act 567 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdb9387f-7538-4f95-b137-5c8623230e70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).