---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY WHILE ENSURING QUALITY FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES PERFORMING MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE QUALITY STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITATION OF FACILITIES FOR MAMMOGRAPHY."
description: "TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY WHILE ENSURING QUALITY FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES PERFORMING MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE QUALITY STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITATION OF FACILITIES FOR MAMMOGRAPHY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1429"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1429 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "M. Shepherd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-06T22:10:11+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:45:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce7eb19a-6981-4c83-9140-87bc23ed3be7"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fe5d16357b0e62124a1854222ddf4d6605a21c0fb75a42f34bfae049caead9d6"
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 1429 (2025) — TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY WHILE ENSURING QUALITY FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES PERFORMING MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE QUALITY STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITATION OF FACILITIES FOR MAMMOGRAPHY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 854** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=854.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1429-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1429-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1429** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1429.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- M. Shepherd — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06T22:10:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-06T23:28:51+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`
- **2025-03-04T14:34:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-04T14:34:57+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-04T16:57:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-06T18:09:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T19:07:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T22:43:14+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-10T22:43:26+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T18:19:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T13:44:53+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T13:45:01+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-07T18:20:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-09T01:50:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T01:50:16+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-09T16:03:27+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-09T16:03:33+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T20:15:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14T19:45:50+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-14T19:45:54+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T16:41:00+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:45:48+00:00** Notification that HB1429 is now Act 854 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce7eb19a-6981-4c83-9140-87bc23ed3be7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).