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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1218: TO CREATE LICENSURE FOR THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SPECIALISTS; AND TO CREATE THE THERAPEUTIC RECREATION PRACTICE ACT.

Passed one chamber 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 1218 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on January 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO CREATE LICENSURE FOR THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SPECIALISTS; AND TO CREATE THE THERAPEUTIC RECREATION PRACTICE ACT. Primary sponsor: Clint Penzo (Republican), Julie Mayberry (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2025): Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Clint PenzoPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Julie MayberryPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse92
Matt DuffieldCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Aaron PilkingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse45

“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. Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
  2. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
  3. Received from the House.
  4. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
  5. Returned by the Committee Do Pass
  6. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  7. Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
  8. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
  9. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
  10. Filed

Sources

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