---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT MANAGER ACT; TO REGULATE CONTRACTS OF CERTAIN AMBULANCE PROVIDERS; AND TO REGULATE CLAIMS AND PRIOR AUTHORIZATION PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN AMBULANCE SERVICES."
description: "TO ESTABLISH THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT MANAGER ACT; TO REGULATE CONTRACTS OF CERTAIN AMBULANCE PROVIDERS; AND TO REGULATE CLAIMS AND PRIOR AUTHORIZATION PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN AMBULANCE SERVICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1312"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1312 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Boyd", "Perry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-27T20:06:32+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T14:21:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21a7d3f7-56ff-4864-987e-5c2df579a799"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "19c23c403c5de0044817b5a8a1a68bc33f7dc286f971613859631bcffc47dfd4"
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 1312 (2023) — TO ESTABLISH THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT MANAGER ACT; TO REGULATE CONTRACTS OF CERTAIN AMBULANCE PROVIDERS; AND TO REGULATE CLAIMS AND PRIOR AUTHORIZATION PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN AMBULANCE SERVICES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 578** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=578.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1312-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1312-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1312** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1312.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27T20:06:32+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-30T19:51:59+00:00** In accordance with House Rule 39 Read the first time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE JOURNAL; ENGROSSED AND ENROLLED BILLS `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T13:34:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T13:34:43+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30T16:41:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-31T01:28:11+00:00** In accordance with House Rule 39 Read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T01:34:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T13:30:19+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-04T13:30:22+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-04T16:31:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-05T00:32:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T03:41:20+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-05T17:35:18+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T21:21:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T16:54:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T16:54:46+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T18:53:55+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T18:53:57+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T20:12:37+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T14:21:48+00:00** Notification that HB1312 is now Act 578 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21a7d3f7-56ff-4864-987e-5c2df579a799`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).