TO ADOPT THE DIETITIAN LICENSURE COMPACT IN ARKANSAS.
House Bill 1185, now Act 799, adopts the Dietitian Licensure Compact within Arkansas. This legislation allows licensed dietitians from Arkansas and other compact member states to practice in each other's jurisdictions without needing to obtain a separate license in each state. This aims to streamline the licensing process for dietitians and expand access to their services across state lines.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 21, 2025
Signed Apr 17, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from 'Act 799' (a prior session's enacted law) to 'HB 1185' (a new bill in the 95th General Assembly). The substantive legislative content appears unchanged, with only formatting headers and session information updated.
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The bill's official title and session information were updated from 'Act 799 of the Regular Session' to 'HB 1185' for the 95th General Assembly Regular Session of 2025.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
3
Apr 17, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1185 is now Act 799
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Filed
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2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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