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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION AND REQUIREMENTS OF A MASTER MASSAGE THERAPIST WITHIN THE MASSAGE THERAPY ACT."
+description: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION AND REQUIREMENTS OF A MASTER MASSAGE THERAPIST WITHIN THE MASSAGE THERAPY ACT."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1115"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1115 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Maddox", "Rice"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-11T19:12:54+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-03-02T14:38:41+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44f85091-80f5-4a75-8d21-6edab767eb08"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "6c5609277440697a8031ec9c51a9ba6536061fba489c23e38ac6005e52d88a83"
+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 1115 (2023) — TO AMEND THE DEFINITION AND REQUIREMENTS OF A MASTER MASSAGE THERAPIST WITHIN THE MASSAGE THERAPY ACT.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=167.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1115-H1.pdf)
+3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1115-H2.pdf)
+4. **HB 1115** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1115.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–1** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Maddox — primary (person)
+- Rice — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11T19:12:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-01-11T22:37:42+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`
+- **2023-02-02T14:31:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-02-02T14:32:01+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-02T16:23:04+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-02-07T14:32:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-02-07T14:32:56+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-07T15:48:39+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-02-09T19:22:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-14T19:49:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-14T21:36:09+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-02-14T21:36:20+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-22T19:32:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-27T19:58:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-27T19:58:54+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2023-02-27T21:45:17+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-02-27T21:45:20+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-02-28T14:43:33+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-03-02T14:38:41+00:00** Notification that HB1115 is now Act 167 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44f85091-80f5-4a75-8d21-6edab767eb08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+