---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROHIBIT AN INSURER FROM REQUIRING PAYMENT FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES THROUGH GIFT CARDS, CREDIT CARDS, OR VIRTUAL CREDIT CARDS."
description: "TO PROHIBIT AN INSURER FROM REQUIRING PAYMENT FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES THROUGH GIFT CARDS, CREDIT CARDS, OR VIRTUAL CREDIT CARDS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1125"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1125 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69bcf70b-7b17-43c2-9535-329588fc6364"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "685db30bc6baac6d37dbfdcb1c5ceabad0a05d057d1f40ec49a097fd9ef625ee"
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 1125 (2019) — TO PROHIBIT AN INSURER FROM REQUIRING PAYMENT FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES THROUGH GIFT CARDS, CREDIT CARDS, OR VIRTUAL CREDIT CARDS.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1125** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1125.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in. — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-14** 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`
- **2019-01-23** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-28** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** Received from the House.
- **2019-01-28** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-02-06** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2019-02-06** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-02-06** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2019-02-13** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2019-02-13** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-02-13** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-02-20** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2019-02-20** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 2
- **2019-02-20** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 2 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2019-02-28** Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
- **2019-02-28** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-02-28** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-03-05** Notification that HB1125 is now Act 300 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69bcf70b-7b17-43c2-9535-329588fc6364`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).