# Arkansas HB1405: TO AMEND THE STATUTES CONCERNING PROCURERS; AND TO ADD ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF A PROCURER BY A LICENSED CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN. Arkansas HB1405, TO AMEND THE STATUTES CONCERNING PROCURERS; AND TO ADD ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF A PROCURER BY A LICENSED CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Justin Boyd (Republican), Jay Richardson (Democratic); status enacted, last action 2025-03-18 (Notification that HB1405 is now Act 309); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1405-2025 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas HB1405 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: TO AMEND THE STATUTES CONCERNING PROCURERS; AND TO ADD ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF A PROCURER BY A LICENSED CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN. - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-04 - Last action: 2025-03-18, Notification that HB1405 is now Act 309 - Sponsors: Justin Boyd (Republican), Jay Richardson (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 2 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (193 yes, 19 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 6 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Children protected from direct chiropractic pitches: benefit, low. Arkansas chiropractors and procurers—people who seek patients for them—cannot directly solicit anyone under 18. This protects children from direct treatment pitches, but does not ban all public advertising. - Limits on contacting injured chiropractic patients: benefit, low. Arkansas limits chiropractors and their representatives from seeking patients through visits, calls, texts, and electronic direct messages. They cannot seek patients for accident, disaster, or other event-related injuries without a family or prior professional relationship. For motor vehicle accide… - Patients protected from deceptive chiropractic pitches: benefit, low. People seeking patients for Arkansas chiropractors must use the phone number registered with the chiropractic board. They cannot falsely claim ties to insurers, government agencies, or regulators, or imply official endorsement. They cannot mislead people about insurance coverage or preferred or in-… - Chiropractors answer for paid patient referrals: cost, low. Arkansas chiropractors are responsible for statements made by patient recruiters seeking patients on their behalf, even without a written contract. This applies when the chiropractor pays or has paid for referrals and the recruiter reasonably expects referral payment. Providing services to someone… - Chiropractors face new patient recruiter paperwork: cost, low. Patient recruiters must have written contracts with the Arkansas chiropractor or recruitment company engaging them. Chiropractors must register hired or contracted recruiters annually with the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners; registrations expire December 31. Registration includes th… - Patient refunds and penalties for chiropractors: mixed, medium. When an Arkansas chiropractor violates the procurer rules, payments for services to someone named in a motor vehicle accident report must be returned. Refunds go to the injured person, insurer, or other payor. The chiropractor must pay reasonable attorney's fees incurred to recover those payments,… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Justin Boyd (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Jay Richardson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Zack Gramlich (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lee Johnson (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-12 | House | House Vote - Wednesday, March 12, 2025 1:52:33 PM | pass | 96 | 2 | | | 2025-03-11 | Senate | Senate Vote - Tuesday, March 11, 2025 3:20:52 PM | pass | 28 | 4 | 2 | | 2025-02-24 | House | House Vote - Monday, February 24, 2025 1:50:29 PM | pass | 69 | 13 | 7 | ## Actions (26) - 2025-03-18: Notification that HB1405 is now Act 309 (House) - 2025-03-13: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House) - 2025-03-12: TO BE ENROLLED (House) - 2025-03-12: Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. (House) - 2025-03-11: Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 (House) - 2025-03-11: Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 . (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-03-10: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment. (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Received from the House. (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-02-20: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House) - 2025-02-20: Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House) - 2025-02-20: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House) - 2025-02-19: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 3 (House) - 2025-02-18: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House) - 2025-02-18: Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House) - 2025-02-18: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House) - 2025-02-11: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House) - 2025-02-11: Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House) - 2025-02-11: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House) - 2025-02-04: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE (House) - 2025-02-04: Filed (House) ## Bill text - HB1405 - Introduced, 2025-02-04: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1405.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=309.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related bills - HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. (enacted) - HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (failed) - HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO SET PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PROHIBITION OF SOLICITATION OF INJURED INDIV… (failed) - SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE USE OF ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; AND TO REGULATE ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS FACILITIES. (failed) - HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO PETITION TO SET ASIDE THE SALE OF PROPERTY TO CERTAIN P… (failed) - HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TO REQUIRE THAT A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BE SELECTED A… (failed) ## Sources - [HB1405 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1405.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=309.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related - [HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1265-2025) - [HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1686-2025) - [HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1237-2025) - [SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE US…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-SB440-2025) - [HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1695-2025) - [HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HR1012-2025) - [Arkansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas/bills) - [Arkansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1405-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).