---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE HEALTHCARE CONTRACTING SIMPLIFICATION ACT; TO DEFINE \"DOWNCODE\" UNDER THE HEALTHCARE CONTRACTING SIMPLIFICATION ACT; AND TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION BY CONTRACTING ENTITIES OF DOWNCODING."
description: "TO AMEND THE HEALTHCARE CONTRACTING SIMPLIFICATION ACT; TO DEFINE \"DOWNCODE\" UNDER THE HEALTHCARE CONTRACTING SIMPLIFICATION ACT; AND TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION BY CONTRACTING ENTITIES OF DOWNCODING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1287"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1287 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-28T23:02:21+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-25T22:48:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d853a558-9a94-47e4-a6f2-f16245767bb3"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4aeed182f20b5f3969c0e00e33808ead6aed81d45ae536df048979b0a8c12837"
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 1287 (2025) — TO AMEND THE HEALTHCARE CONTRACTING SIMPLIFICATION ACT; TO DEFINE "DOWNCODE" UNDER THE HEALTHCARE CONTRACTING SIMPLIFICATION ACT; AND TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION BY CONTRACTING ENTITIES OF DOWNCODING.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 136** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=136.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1287-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1287** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1287.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28T23:02:21+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-29T23:37:26+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`
- **2025-02-05T19:26:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10T14:34:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-10T14:34:40+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-10T18:37:23+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-11T20:03:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-11T21:45:04+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-11T21:45:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T21:18:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19T20:12:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19T20:12:15+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-02-19T21:40:23+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-19T21:40:25+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-02-20T15:25:52+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-02-25T22:48:06+00:00** Notification that HB1287 is now Act 136 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d853a558-9a94-47e4-a6f2-f16245767bb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).