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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1353: TO REGULATE A VISION BENEFIT MANAGER; TO AMEND THE VISION CARE PLAN ACT OF 2015; TO AMEND THE HEALTHCARE CONTRACTING SIMPLIFICATION ACT.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1353 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on January 31, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO REGULATE A VISION BENEFIT MANAGER; TO AMEND THE VISION CARE PLAN ACT OF 2015; TO AMEND THE HEALTHCARE CONTRACTING SIMPLIFICATION ACT. Primary sponsor: Dave Wallace (Republican), Jon Eubanks (Republican). It lists 32 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 25, 2025): Notification that HB1353 is now Act 142.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Republican 27

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dave WallacePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Jon EubanksPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse46
Brandon AchorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Fred AllenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Justin BoydCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Ron CaldwellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10
Carol DalbyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse100
James EatonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Les EavesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Jane EnglishCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate13
Brian EvansCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Ken FergusonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse64
Zack GramlichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse50
Dolly HenleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Mike HolcombCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse93
Steve HollowellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Missy IrvinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Mark JohnsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Jack LadymanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse32
John MaddoxCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Steve MagieCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse56
Richard McGrewCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Jon MilliganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Jason NazarenkoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Mark PerryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Terry RiceCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Jay RichardsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse49
Marcus RichmondCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Jamie ScottCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate12
Trey SteimelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
DeAnn VaughtCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Les WarrenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
WingCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jim WootenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Notification that HB1353 is now Act 142
  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
  3. TO BE ENROLLED
  4. Returned from the Senate as passed.
  5. Returned to the House as passed.
  6. Read the third time and passed.
  7. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
  8. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
  9. Received from the House.
  10. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
  11. Returned by the Committee Do Pass
  12. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source