---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE A DRUG REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS FOR CERTAIN HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS."
description: "TO PROVIDE A DRUG REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS FOR CERTAIN HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1703"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1703 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-06T20:55:16+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:09:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18b4a879-4cf6-4aee-bbdb-26822bc9bfdc"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5780841d780d8044c3b4f5dbe578f058f3cc82a4b0e6054158603ba4695f7c55"
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 1703 (2025) — TO PROVIDE A DRUG REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS FOR CERTAIN HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 570** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=570.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1703-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1703** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1703.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06T20:55:16+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-06T23:17:05+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`
- **2025-03-18T13:35:41+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-18T13:35:43+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-18T16:29:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-19T20:07:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T19:06:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T00:21:42+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-01T00:21:52+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T18:35:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T02:19:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T02:20:06+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:27:18+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:27:20+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T16:27:24+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-14T22:09:36+00:00** Notification that HB1703 is now Act 570 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18b4a879-4cf6-4aee-bbdb-26822bc9bfdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).