---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE HOSPITALS IN THIS STATE TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL HOSPITAL PRICING TRANSPARENCY REGULATIONS; AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL HOSPITAL PRICING TRANSPARENCY REGULATIONS."
description: "TO REQUIRE HOSPITALS IN THIS STATE TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL HOSPITAL PRICING TRANSPARENCY REGULATIONS; AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL HOSPITAL PRICING TRANSPARENCY REGULATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1452"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1452 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Gonzales"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-16T18:26:21+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-06T21:00:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90500e0f-eb35-4549-b537-6bc41d5dd44d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "18c754aa212ffbbb4f8740616a84eba671bd6ffa89ed318e081a810162133d5f"
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 1452 (2023) — TO REQUIRE HOSPITALS IN THIS STATE TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL HOSPITAL PRICING TRANSPARENCY REGULATIONS; AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL HOSPITAL PRICING TRANSPARENCY REGULATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 482** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=482.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1452-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1452** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1452.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Gonzales — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16T18:26:21+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-16T22:35:56+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`
- **2023-03-02T17:30:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T19:58:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T21:48:14+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-07T21:48:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:18:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T19:13:35+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T19:13:42+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-30T21:43:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-31T00:02:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T00:03:20+00:00** Returned to The House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-31T02:02:16+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-03T19:13:42+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-03T19:13:44+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-04T15:33:41+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-06T21:00:36+00:00** Notification that HB1452 is now Act 482 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90500e0f-eb35-4549-b537-6bc41d5dd44d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).