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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS ATHLETIC TRAINERS ACT; AND TO AUTHORIZE ATHLETIC TRAINERS TO PRACTICE UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A PHYSICIAN."
+description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS ATHLETIC TRAINERS ACT; AND TO AUTHORIZE ATHLETIC TRAINERS TO PRACTICE UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A PHYSICIAN."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1259"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1259 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "L. Johnson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-25T19:51:33+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-03-15T18:00:27+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0da59a21-f89d-4e30-aa18-fc072b08dc92"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "b2b8f7ad0603cd67855723ec4b3cd746db63c479c3e39f80279cdcf8c79b85c0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
+---
+
+# Arkansas HB 1259 (2021) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS ATHLETIC TRAINERS ACT; AND TO AUTHORIZE ATHLETIC TRAINERS TO PRACTICE UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A PHYSICIAN.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1259-H1.pdf)
+2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1259-S1.pdf)
+3. **HB 1259** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1259.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–1** (pass) · lower
+- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- K. Hammer — primary (person)
+- L. Johnson — primary (person)
+- McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
+- Watson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-25T19:51:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-25T21:40:50+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-23T19:03:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-24T14:24:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-02-24T14:24:11+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-24T17:40:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-01T19:12:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-01T22:07:32+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-03-01T22:08:00+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-03T22:47:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-04T19:22:09+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-03-04T19:22:12+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-03-04T21:12:09+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-03-08T19:57:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-08T20:05:21+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended #1
+- **2021-03-08T21:58:06+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2021-03-09T19:16:26+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
+- **2021-03-09T19:16:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-03-10T14:17:30+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-03-15T18:00:27+00:00** Notification that HB1259 is now Act 348 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0da59a21-f89d-4e30-aa18-fc072b08dc92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+