---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION TRANSPARENCY ACT; AND TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS OF AN ADVERSE DETERMINATION NOTICE UNDER THE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION TRANSPARENCY ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION TRANSPARENCY ACT; AND TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS OF AN ADVERSE DETERMINATION NOTICE UNDER THE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION TRANSPARENCY ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1700"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1700 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Achor", "J. Boyd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-06T19:21:50+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:39:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef4f769f-2de0-4727-84ad-ce9363775c11"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ca01d483fa0d6e1d3b2a581903d9578d23d32973b32833614643eb60247f672c"
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 1700 (2025) — TO AMEND THE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION TRANSPARENCY ACT; AND TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS OF AN ADVERSE DETERMINATION NOTICE UNDER THE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION TRANSPARENCY ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 638** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=638.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1700-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1700** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1700.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06T19:21:50+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-06T23:16:22+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`
- **2025-03-12T18:26:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T20:08:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T22:42:59+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-13T22:43:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T18:46:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19T23:50:55+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T19:16:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02T13:06:28+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-02T13:06:35+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-02T18:13:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-09T01:11:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T01:11:27+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-09T16:06:36+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-09T16:06:44+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T00:26:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10T19:43:36+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-10T19:43:38+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T19:43:59+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:39:12+00:00** Notification that HB1700 is now Act 638 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef4f769f-2de0-4727-84ad-ce9363775c11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).