Arkansas 2024 Fiscal Session Status: In Committee

HR 1012 — TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Last action — Died in the House at Sine Die Adjournment

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Fiscal Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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The resolution amends the rules governing the introduction of bills and the requirement for fiscal impact statements related to the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program and other health benefit plans.

  • Subsection 38.(p)

    A bill affecting the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program or that imposes a new or increased cost obligation for health benefit plans, including pharmacy benefits, on an entity of the state on the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program shall not be introduced after the fifteenth day of a regular session unless the introduction of the bill is first approved by a three-fourths (3/4) vote of the full membership of each house of the General Assembly. → A bill affecting the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program or that imposes a new or increased cost obligation for health benefit plans, including pharmacy benefits, on an entity of the state on the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program shall not be introduced after the fifteenth day of a regular session unless the introduction of the bill is first approved by a three-fourths (3/4) vote of the full membership of each house of the General Assembly. If the General Assembly recesses for longer than three (3) consecutive days during the first fifteen (15) calendar days of a regular session, the fifteen-day introduction deadline shall be extended for a time period equal to the recess.

    The change establishes a process for extending the bill introduction deadline if the General Assembly takes a recess.

  • Subsection 38.(r)

    Health benefit plans, if imposing a new or increased cost obligation for health benefit plans, including pharmacy benefits, on an entity of the state The State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program, if imposing a new or increased cost obligation on the program; → Health benefit plans, if imposing a new or increased cost obligation for health benefit plans, including pharmacy benefits, on an entity of the state on the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program;

    The amendment clarifies the definition by ensuring consistency in referring to health benefit plans and their obligations.

  • Subsection 38.(v)

    Except for bills imposing a new or increased cost obligation for health benefit plans on an entity of the state on the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program or bills regarding new or existing scholarships to be funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, failure of the sponsor of a bill to provide the fiscal impact statement required in this rule shall not prohibit the consideration of it in the committee to which referred or on the Floor of the House of Representatives, if no objection to it is made at the time such action is taken. → Except for bills imposing a new or increased cost obligation for health benefit plans on an entity of the state on the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program or bills regarding new or existing scholarships to be funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, failure of the sponsor of a bill to provide the fiscal impact statement required in this rule shall not prohibit the consideration of it in the committee to which referred or on the Floor of the House of Representatives, if no objection to it is made at the time such action is taken.

    No change to the effect of this section, it appears to be a reaffirmation of the existing rule.

Action History

  1. Died in the House at Sine Die Adjournment

  2. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES

  3. Filed

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HR 1012?
HR 1012 is sponsored by Jeff Wardlaw.
What is the current status of HR 1012?
This bill died with 2024 Fiscal Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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