2025 Regular Session • Arkansas Legislature
SB103
Legislative Summary
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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Bill History
1/27/2025
Filed
Senate
1/27/2025
Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
Senate
3/17/2025
Rules suspended.
Senate
3/17/2025
Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
Senate
3/17/2025
Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
Senate
3/17/2025
REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Senate
3/17/2025
Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
Senate
3/18/2025
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
Senate
3/19/2025
Read the third time and passed.
Senate
3/19/2025
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
Senate
3/19/2025
Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
Senate
3/19/2025
RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE
House of Representatives
3/31/2025
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
House of Representatives
4/1/2025
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
House of Representatives
4/1/2025
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
House of Representatives
4/1/2025
Returned to the Senate as passed.
House of Representatives
4/1/2025
Returned from the House as passed.
Senate
4/1/2025
ORDERED ENROLLED
Senate
4/2/2025
Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
Senate
4/2/2025
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
Senate
4/7/2025
Notification that SB103 is now Act 425
Senate
Amendments
Senate Amendment S1
Senate Amendment S1
3/17/2025Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Third Reading
4/1/2025
98
Yea
0
Nay
2
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading
3/19/2025
34
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(4/7/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Republican: 4
Primary Sponsor
Clint Penzo
Republican