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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1254: TO AUTHORIZE A LICENSED PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTITIONER TO PRACTICE INDEPENDENTLY IN THIS STATE; AND TO REMOVE THE INDEPENDENT PRACTICE PRIVILEGES FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINERS.

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 1254 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on January 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO AUTHORIZE A LICENSED PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTITIONER TO PRACTICE INDEPENDENTLY IN THIS STATE; AND TO REMOVE THE INDEPENDENT PRACTICE PRIVILEGES FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINERS. Primary sponsor: Missy Irvin (Republican), Lee Johnson (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 3, 2025): Notification that HB1254 is now Act 433.

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
Missy IrvinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Lee JohnsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse47

“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 HB1254 is now Act 433
  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
  3. TO BE ENROLLED
  4. Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
  5. Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
  6. Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
  7. Read the third time and passed.
  8. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  9. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  10. Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
  11. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
  12. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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