---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE FULL INDEPENDENT PRACTICE AUTHORITY FOR CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONERS WHO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS; AND TO CREATE THE FULL INDEPENDENT PRACTICE CREDENTIALING COMMITTEE."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE FULL INDEPENDENT PRACTICE AUTHORITY FOR CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONERS WHO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS; AND TO CREATE THE FULL INDEPENDENT PRACTICE CREDENTIALING COMMITTEE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1258"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1258 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-25T19:49:47+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-22T18:18:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0644f5ef-b1ad-492d-9334-7840f52842e4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "353e4779d3968ae9177f8f28050e3b8a4d62b950f2f92bce03ae7565ab2bd61b"
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 1258 (2021) — TO AUTHORIZE FULL INDEPENDENT PRACTICE AUTHORITY FOR CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONERS WHO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS; AND TO CREATE THE FULL INDEPENDENT PRACTICE CREDENTIALING COMMITTEE.

## 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%2FHB1258-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1258-H2.pdf)
3. **HB 1258** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1258.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **27–4** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **87–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25T19:49:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-25T21:40:38+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`
- **2021-02-25T14:36:21+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-25T14:36:23+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-25T17:13:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-02T23:51:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T14:28:49+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-04T14:28:54+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04T16:46:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-08T20:13:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-08T23:36:55+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-08T23:37:23+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T18:37:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T20:15:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T20:15:46+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-17T21:28:11+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-17T21:28:13+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-18T13:29:02+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-22T18:18:34+00:00** Notification that HB1258 is now Act 412 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0644f5ef-b1ad-492d-9334-7840f52842e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).