---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROHIBIT PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS FROM RESTRICTING OR LIMITING PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS TO A LIMITED DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OF OUT-OF-STATE PHARMACIES."
description: "TO PROHIBIT PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS FROM RESTRICTING OR LIMITING PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS TO A LIMITED DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OF OUT-OF-STATE PHARMACIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1531"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1531 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Achor", "J. Boyd"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-19T20:24:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:34:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d03838c0-e04e-461b-a006-543eb1841a14"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "55b1bfdae4a36670bc9e7d08e22a06a92476c6c7856b7bbc6b1716e49d4b9a27"
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 1531 (2025) — TO PROHIBIT PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS FROM RESTRICTING OR LIMITING PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS TO A LIMITED DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OF OUT-OF-STATE PHARMACIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 630** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=630.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1531-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1531-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1531-S1.pdf)
5. **HB 1531** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1531.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Achor — primary (person)
- J. Boyd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19T20:24:32+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-19T22:36:30+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`
- **2025-03-18T13:33:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-18T13:33:59+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-18T16:27:25+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-19T23:44:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T13:32:39+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-31T13:32:42+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-31T18:58:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-01T19:20:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T00:20:53+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-02T00:21:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T18:34:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T13:45:21+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T13:45:28+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-07T21:03:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-09T02:05:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T02:05:33+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-09T16:04:17+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-09T16:04:26+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T00:26:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10T19:42:58+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-10T19:43:01+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T19:43:03+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:34:45+00:00** Notification that HB1531 is now Act 630 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d03838c0-e04e-461b-a006-543eb1841a14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).