---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE A PHARMACIST TO INITIATE THERAPY AND ADMINISTER OR DISPENSE, OR BOTH, CERTAIN TYPES OF TOBACCO CESSATION; TO AUTHORIZE A PHYSICIAN TO ADMINISTER OR DISPENSE, OR BOTH, CERTAIN TYPES OF TOBACCO CESSATION."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE A PHARMACIST TO INITIATE THERAPY AND ADMINISTER OR DISPENSE, OR BOTH, CERTAIN TYPES OF TOBACCO CESSATION; TO AUTHORIZE A PHYSICIAN TO ADMINISTER OR DISPENSE, OR BOTH, CERTAIN TYPES OF TOBACCO CESSATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1263"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1263 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eaves"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70c2dceb-d1f3-4d25-b0e0-0078a24488da"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6cfdebc3b42c5b9a862918ad0394e714d151ab2e3e1ad17e924d2c62e0324778"
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 1263 (2019) — TO AUTHORIZE A PHARMACIST TO INITIATE THERAPY AND ADMINISTER OR DISPENSE, OR BOTH, CERTAIN TYPES OF TOBACCO CESSATION; TO AUTHORIZE A PHYSICIAN TO ADMINISTER OR DISPENSE, OR BOTH, CERTAIN TYPES OF TOBACCO CESSATION.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=HB1263-H1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **HB 1263** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1263.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eaves — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-28** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-28** 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`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2019-02-20** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-20** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-02-28** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Received from the House.
- **2019-03-05** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2019-03-27** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2019-03-27** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-03-28** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-04-02** Notification that HB1263 is now Act 651 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70c2dceb-d1f3-4d25-b0e0-0078a24488da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).