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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO REDUCE THE HOURS OF TRAINING REQUIRED FOR LICENSURE OF A COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC."
+description: "TO REDUCE THE HOURS OF TRAINING REQUIRED FOR LICENSURE OF A COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1178"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1178 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J. Boyd", "L. Johnson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-19T18:15:51+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-02-14T22:53:39+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/203be862-1478-45cb-9f0e-27ebdbe5b5ff"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "cf3142d8a982e96a06b355cd4b865007846af335ee33f97f3060f26e39b4aea3"
+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 1178 (2023) — TO REDUCE THE HOURS OF TRAINING REQUIRED FOR LICENSURE OF A COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 54** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=54.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1178-S1.pdf)
+3. **HB 1178** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1178.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **90–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J. Boyd — primary (person)
+- L. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Schulz — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-19T18:15:51+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-01-19T22:40:41+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`
+- **2023-01-24T16:56:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-25T19:55:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-01-25T21:00:54+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-01-25T21:01:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-01T19:13:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-06T19:30:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-02-06T19:30:28+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2023-02-06T20:08:29+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-02-07T19:54:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-07T19:55:08+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended #1
+- **2023-02-07T20:44:14+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2023-02-08T19:54:21+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
+- **2023-02-08T19:54:24+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-02-08T21:11:17+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-02-14T22:53:39+00:00** Notification that HB1178 is now Act 54 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/203be862-1478-45cb-9f0e-27ebdbe5b5ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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