---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTH AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ME ACT OF 2021; AND TO INCREASE THE MEDICAL-LOSS RATIO IN THE ARKANSAS HEALTH AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ME PROGRAM."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTH AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ME ACT OF 2021; AND TO INCREASE THE MEDICAL-LOSS RATIO IN THE ARKANSAS HEALTH AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ME PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 527"
citation: "Arkansas SB 527 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-19T23:22:05+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:25:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f472b77-7b72-41b7-93b4-ba4a4982fbbb"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5bc34f8b79c1b16741e734958e6c3f320706b475f7fffe8fc92a6f0d2cfd6a79"
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 527 (2025) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTH AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ME ACT OF 2021; AND TO INCREASE THE MEDICAL-LOSS RATIO IN THE ARKANSAS HEALTH AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ME PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 774** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=774.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB527-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 527** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB527.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Clowney — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- M. Shepherd — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-19T23:22:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-20T00:26:35+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T00:35:30+00:00** Motion to suspend the Intervening Day Rule for SB527. Motion carried.
- **2025-04-03T18:25:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T13:36:11+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T13:36:19+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-07T21:45:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-08T20:07:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T20:07:31+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-08T21:56:07+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-09T01:50:11+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`
- **2025-04-09T19:29:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14T20:39:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T20:39:54+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T00:34:47+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T00:34:52+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:14:15+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-15T14:14:21+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:25:22+00:00** Notification that SB527 is now Act 774 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f472b77-7b72-41b7-93b4-ba4a4982fbbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).