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type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES ON HOW REBATES ARE OFFERED BY A PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURER THAT SELLS INSULIN IN THIS STATE."
description: "TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES ON HOW REBATES ARE OFFERED BY A PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURER THAT SELLS INSULIN IN THIS STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1709"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1709 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Sullivan", "Payton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-11T19:16:05+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-03T21:15:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c66b03c1-33f9-4848-8437-54342980edd8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b5e9f25f1c8c46a80084110cf115f0f6b2c772eba8a6ceeadbbb83ffcfeda2ce"
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 1709 (2021) — TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES ON HOW REBATES ARE OFFERED BY A PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURER THAT SELLS INSULIN IN THIS STATE.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1709-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1709-H2.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1709-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1709-S2.pdf)
5. **HB 1709** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1709.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **804** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in. — **911** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **300** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **840** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- D. Sullivan — primary (person)
- Payton — primary (person)
- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Bragg — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- Hawks — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Rapert — cosponsor (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-11T19:16:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-11T23:33:44+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`
- **2021-03-18T23:05:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T13:36:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-22T13:36:21+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-22T15:31:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-23T20:48:43+00:00** Motion to rerefer back to committee passes
- **2021-03-23T20:49:31+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T19:30:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12T13:36:24+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-12T13:36:27+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-12T16:06:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-13T18:31:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T21:25:15+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-13T21:25:29+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T13:10:19+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-04-15T13:10:28+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-15T18:10:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-15T18:10:51+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19T13:40:45+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2021-04-19T13:40:53+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-19T18:11:17+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-19T18:11:27+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19T23:12:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21T21:14:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T21:14:53+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1 and #2
- **2021-04-22T00:37:04+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2021-04-22T00:37:11+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T22:42:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-26T18:42:54+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-26T18:44:16+00:00** Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-26T18:44:21+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T15:10:35+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-05-03T21:15:04+00:00** Notification that HB1709 is now Act 1104 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c66b03c1-33f9-4848-8437-54342980edd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).