---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE PAIN RELIEF PARITY ACT; AND TO REQUIRE PAIN RELIEF PARITY IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
description: "TO CREATE THE PAIN RELIEF PARITY ACT; AND TO REQUIRE PAIN RELIEF PARITY IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1186"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1186 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Vaught"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-22T14:18:40+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-21T16:43:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d96b586d-558b-4ed5-8d7f-da10f9581c7c"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d120541d4dcc46b6a67fb3731af663d5a1f5f06b13ddef7a36296a78108f3ff5"
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 1186 (2025) — TO CREATE THE PAIN RELIEF PARITY ACT; AND TO REQUIRE PAIN RELIEF PARITY IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 960** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=960.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1186-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1186-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1186-S1.pdf)
5. **HB 1186** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1186.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22T14:18:40+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-22T22:37:48+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`
- **2025-01-28T14:31:56+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-01-28T14:31:58+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-28T15:20:17+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-11T19:35:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T14:37:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-12T14:37:47+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-12T16:26:44+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-13T20:03:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-13T21:46:00+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-13T21:46:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T13:59:45+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-03-05T13:59:54+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-05T19:59:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-05T19:59:20+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T18:43:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10T20:39:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T20:39:19+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-10T22:56:38+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-10T22:56:46+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15T18:28:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16T18:39:54+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-16T18:39:58+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T18:40:00+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-21T16:43:17+00:00** Notification that HB1186 is now Act 960 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d96b586d-558b-4ed5-8d7f-da10f9581c7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).