---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION TRANSPARENCY ACT; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS THAT PROVIDE CERTAIN HEALTHCARE SERVICES FROM PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION TRANSPARENCY ACT; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS THAT PROVIDE CERTAIN HEALTHCARE SERVICES FROM PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1271"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1271 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26T18:09:52+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T14:12:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dbba96b-fe37-48ee-b044-e76318472f94"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "67648cbeee343868d42658198a4321a6f29e5787926b703178218840cef72f1e"
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 1271 (2023) — TO AMEND THE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION TRANSPARENCY ACT; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS THAT PROVIDE CERTAIN HEALTHCARE SERVICES FROM PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 575** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=575.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1271-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1271-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1271-S1.pdf)
5. **HB 1271** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1271.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **26–5** (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. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- D. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- D. Whitaker — cosponsor (person)
- Duffield — cosponsor (person)
- Ennett — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- F. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- G. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- J. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- J. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- V. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
- Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26T18:09:52+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-26T22:41:22+00:00** 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`
- **2023-03-06T14:38:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-06T14:38:09+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-06T16:37:13+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-08T17:48:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T14:30:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-09T14:30:54+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-09T16:19:29+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-13T18:59:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T21:46:36+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-13T21:46:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T18:55:05+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-16T18:55:12+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-16T18:55:17+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-16T18:55:26+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-16T21:15:46+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-16T21:15:56+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:25:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T22:10:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T22:11:13+00:00** Returned to the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T00:29:25+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T00:29:31+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T17:20:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T21:56:03+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-06T21:56:09+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:19:05+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T14:12:25+00:00** Notification that HB1271 is now Act 575 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dbba96b-fe37-48ee-b044-e76318472f94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).