---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH OTHER PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAMS TO AUTHORIZE INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH FEDERAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAMS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH OTHER PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAMS TO AUTHORIZE INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH FEDERAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAMS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1627"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1627 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/186b7412-45b8-4838-adbe-18b4de757bd8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c47480fd9f9a801de548dbf06fa4c4ff6e14326f5356759b5e2ab9bc0fba0550"
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 1627 (2019) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH OTHER PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAMS TO AUTHORIZE INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH FEDERAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAMS.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1627** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1627.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** 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`
- **2019-03-05** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** Received from the House.
- **2019-03-06** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2019-03-26** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2019-03-26** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-03-27** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-03-29** Notification that HB1627 is now Act 605 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/186b7412-45b8-4838-adbe-18b4de757bd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).