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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 140: TO MANDATE THE USE OF BIOSIMILAR MEDICINES UNDER HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS; TO REQUIRE A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER TO PRESCRIBE BIOSIMILAR MEDICINES; AND TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO BIOSIMILAR MEDICINES.

In committee 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

SB 140 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas Senate on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO MANDATE THE USE OF BIOSIMILAR MEDICINES UNDER HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS; TO REQUIRE A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER TO PRESCRIBE BIOSIMILAR MEDICINES; AND TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO BIOSIMILAR MEDICINES. Primary sponsor: Brandon Achor (Republican), Justin Boyd (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2025): Sine Die adjournment.

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): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Brandon AchorPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Justin BoydPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate27

“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. Sine Die adjournment
  2. Recommended for study in the Interim Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
  3. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on calendar.
  4. Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
  5. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  6. Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  7. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
  8. Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
  9. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  10. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  11. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
  12. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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