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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO PROVIDE CLARITY REGARDING THE CERTIFICATION OF A VETERINARY TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST; AND TO AUTHORIZE A COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN A VETERINARIAN AND A VETERINARY TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST."
+description: "TO PROVIDE CLARITY REGARDING THE CERTIFICATION OF A VETERINARY TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST; AND TO AUTHORIZE A COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN A VETERINARIAN AND A VETERINARY TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1182"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1182 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Vaught"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-23T18:52:04+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-02-27T19:18:38+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2163a921-4ca3-4180-86e2-337c2d4b955c"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "510f06717fae0aa528cf107a3509eaa5423cb88f0ad85e4145c88b5505c681b7"
+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 1182 (2023) — TO PROVIDE CLARITY REGARDING THE CERTIFICATION OF A VETERINARY TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST; AND TO AUTHORIZE A COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN A VETERINARIAN AND A VETERINARY TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=161.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1182-H1.pdf)
+3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1182-H2.pdf)
+4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1182-S1.pdf)
+5. **HB 1182** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1182.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **20–8** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **67–17** (pass) · lower
+- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **90–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Vaught — primary (person)
+- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-23T18:52:04+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-01-23T20:01:18+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-31T14:31:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-01-31T14:31:46+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-01-31T16:18:51+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-02-01T19:27:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-02T14:34:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-02-02T14:34:08+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-02T16:23:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-02-06T20:03:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-06T20:52:42+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-02-06T20:52:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14T19:18:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-15T19:38:49+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-02-15T19:38:55+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2023-02-15T20:52:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-02-16T18:43:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-16T18:44:10+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
+- **2023-02-16T20:20:36+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2023-02-16T20:20:43+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-22T16:34:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-23T17:22:31+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
+- **2023-02-23T17:22:36+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-02-23T21:44:20+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-02-27T19:18:38+00:00** Notification that HB1182 is now Act 161 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2163a921-4ca3-4180-86e2-337c2d4b955c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+