---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE RURAL EMERGENCY HOSPITAL ACT; TO AUTHORIZE THE LICENSURE OF RURAL EMERGENCY HOSPITALS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO CREATE THE RURAL EMERGENCY HOSPITAL ACT; TO AUTHORIZE THE LICENSURE OF RURAL EMERGENCY HOSPITALS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1127"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1127 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12T20:03:25+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-14T22:55:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc1bc776-c863-4ef2-8732-a322e398a163"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0fe7a5a759ec49f24f7892c05b20655e7853ac8cb993a91b5b388b05fa173863"
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 1127 (2023) — TO CREATE THE RURAL EMERGENCY HOSPITAL ACT; TO AUTHORIZE THE LICENSURE OF RURAL EMERGENCY HOSPITALS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 59** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=59.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1127-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1127.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12T20:03:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-12T22:50:59+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`
- **2023-01-31T17:18:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T14:34:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-01T14:34:39+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-01T16:06:22+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-02T17:13:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02T17:13:21+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-06T19:21:01+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-06T19:21:12+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T19:22:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09T17:38:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T17:38:50+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-09T17:38:58+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-09T19:07:28+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-09T19:07:29+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-09T20:26:50+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-14T22:55:54+00:00** Notification that HB1127 is now Act 59 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc1bc776-c863-4ef2-8732-a322e398a163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).