---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ENACT THE ARKANSAS TRIAGE, TREAT, AND TRANSPORT TO AN ALTERNATIVE DESTINATION ACT; AND TO MANDATE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR AN AMBULANCE SERVICE TO TRIAGE, TREAT, AND TRANSPORT A PATIENT TO AN ALTERNATIVE DESTINATION."
description: "TO ENACT THE ARKANSAS TRIAGE, TREAT, AND TRANSPORT TO AN ALTERNATIVE DESTINATION ACT; AND TO MANDATE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR AN AMBULANCE SERVICE TO TRIAGE, TREAT, AND TRANSPORT A PATIENT TO AN ALTERNATIVE DESTINATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1261"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1261 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Boyd", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-25T23:04:24+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-06T20:59:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6579829-b417-4372-b388-2b9e2a77cf9c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "20334d2e4bf17c0541129609507375eb52e730884b9df645feb5a50478a577a8"
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 1261 (2023) — TO ENACT THE ARKANSAS TRIAGE, TREAT, AND TRANSPORT TO AN ALTERNATIVE DESTINATION ACT; AND TO MANDATE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR AN AMBULANCE SERVICE TO TRIAGE, TREAT, AND TRANSPORT A PATIENT TO AN ALTERNATIVE DESTINATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 480** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=480.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1261-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1261-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1261** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1261.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25T23:04:24+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-26T22:38:03+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`
- **2023-03-07T22:34:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T14:33:46+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-08T14:33:48+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-08T16:41:03+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-09T17:33:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T19:59:06+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-09T19:59:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T16:24:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27T18:43:51+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-27T18:43:59+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-27T20:31:50+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-28T19:58:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:58:52+00:00** Returned To the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-28T21:01:04+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-28T21:01:10+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31T00:54:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:12:23+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-03T19:12:27+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-04T15:36:38+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-06T20:59:41+00:00** Notification that HB1261 is now Act 480 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6579829-b417-4372-b388-2b9e2a77cf9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).