republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2025/hb-1288.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTH CARE CONSUMER ACT; AND TO REQUIRE A HEALTHCARE INSURER TO MAKE CERTAIN RETROACTIVE PAYMENTS TO A PROVIDER UPON CREDENTIALING OF A PROVIDER."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTH CARE CONSUMER ACT; AND TO REQUIRE A HEALTHCARE INSURER TO MAKE CERTAIN RETROACTIVE PAYMENTS TO A PROVIDER UPON CREDENTIALING OF A PROVIDER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1288"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1288 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-28T23:03:46+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-03T18:11:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c6c76b0-9056-4533-886d-a23c2ab07e23"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8b534b41669697842bc5d22d1b7c0b0138c8aaca793bd79ba04d902584183aa6"
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 1288 (2025) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTH CARE CONSUMER ACT; AND TO REQUIRE A HEALTHCARE INSURER TO MAKE CERTAIN RETROACTIVE PAYMENTS TO A PROVIDER UPON CREDENTIALING OF A PROVIDER.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 423** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=423.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1288-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1288-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1288-H3.pdf)
5. **Amendment H4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1288-H4.pdf)
6. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1288-S1.pdf)
7. **HB 1288** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1288.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28T23:03:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-29T23:37:57+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`
- **2025-02-10T14:33:16+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-10T14:33:18+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-10T18:35:34+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-13T14:30:11+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-13T14:30:17+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-13T16:57:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-20T14:31:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-20T14:31:32+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-20T18:19:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-27T14:43:27+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-27T14:43:29+00:00** Amendment No. 4 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-27T17:57:35+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-12T18:24:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T19:56:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T22:38:34+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-13T22:38:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T18:45:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19T19:18:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-19T19:18:15+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-20T00:17:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-20T19:56:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T19:56:21+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-03-20T21:29:08+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-03-31T18:51:46+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-03-31T18:51:48+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-31T18:51:51+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-03T18:11:20+00:00** Notification that HB1288 is now Act 423 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c6c76b0-9056-4533-886d-a23c2ab07e23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).