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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO CREATE THE PHARMACY NONDISCRIMINATION ACT; TO REQUIRE PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS TO ACCEPT ANY PHARMACY OR PHARMACIST WILLING TO ACCEPT RELEVANT AND REASONABLE TERMS OF PARTICIPATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
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description: "TO CREATE THE PHARMACY NONDISCRIMINATION ACT; TO REQUIRE PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS TO ACCEPT ANY PHARMACY OR PHARMACIST WILLING TO ACCEPT RELEVANT AND REASONABLE TERMS OF PARTICIPATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 103"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 103 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Lundstrum"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-01-27T15:03:06+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-07T18:06:57+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b958428-c26b-4ced-912b-1aee60510d8e"
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source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "a6352f68ee5d0b319e2dcbb4520dcff6f702891bdbed877fb6d34e74312c784f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
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---
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# Arkansas SB 103 (2025) — TO CREATE THE PHARMACY NONDISCRIMINATION ACT; TO REQUIRE PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS TO ACCEPT ANY PHARMACY OR PHARMACIST WILLING TO ACCEPT RELEVANT AND REASONABLE TERMS OF PARTICIPATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Act 425** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=425.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
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2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB103-S1.pdf)
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3. **SB 103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB103.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- C. Penzo — primary (person)
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- Lundstrum — primary (person)
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- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-27T15:03:06+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2025-01-27T19:38:43+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17T18:53:43+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2025-03-17T18:53:47+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
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- **2025-03-17T18:53:53+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2025-03-17T21:19:50+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-03-17T21:19:58+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18T18:43:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-19T19:20:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-19T19:20:22+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- **2025-03-19T19:20:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2025-03-19T21:33:01+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2025-03-19T22:24:03+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`
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- **2025-04-01T01:00:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-01T21:23:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-01T21:23:35+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- **2025-04-01T21:23:39+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
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- **2025-04-01T23:20:19+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
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- **2025-04-01T23:20:25+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2025-04-02T13:27:23+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2025-04-02T13:27:26+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-07T18:06:57+00:00** Notification that SB103 is now Act 425 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b958428-c26b-4ced-912b-1aee60510d8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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