---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS TO BE LICENSED; AND TO AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS TO BE REIMBURSED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
description: "TO ALLOW EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS TO BE LICENSED; AND TO AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS TO BE REIMBURSED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1128"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1128 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-12T20:04:44+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-13T12:41:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44ec4477-ca32-4dad-9bf6-1656adeb597d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "240bf917f6f0fbeb75db9418b0423e14038322980eeca2436d6109405d527ada"
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 1128 (2023) — TO ALLOW EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS TO BE LICENSED; AND TO AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS TO BE REIMBURSED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 258** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=258.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1128-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1128-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1128** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1128.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12T20:04:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-12T22:51:14+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`
- **2023-02-14T17:26:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15T14:35:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-15T14:35:10+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15T16:34:35+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-21T20:03:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T22:11:21+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-21T22:11:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T19:28:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07T19:30:39+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-07T19:30:45+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-07T21:43:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-08T19:58:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T19:58:42+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-03-08T20:59:52+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-09T17:19:30+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-09T17:19:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-09T20:51:50+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-13T12:41:10+00:00** Notification that HB1128 is now Act 258 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44ec4477-ca32-4dad-9bf6-1656adeb597d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).