---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS ATHLETIC TRAINERS ACT; AND TO AUTHORIZE ATHLETIC TRAINERS TO PRACTICE UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A PHYSICIAN."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS ATHLETIC TRAINERS ACT; AND TO AUTHORIZE ATHLETIC TRAINERS TO PRACTICE UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A PHYSICIAN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1259 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-25T19:51:33+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-15T18:00:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0da59a21-f89d-4e30-aa18-fc072b08dc92"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b2b8f7ad0603cd67855723ec4b3cd746db63c479c3e39f80279cdcf8c79b85c0"
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 1259 (2021) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS ATHLETIC TRAINERS ACT; AND TO AUTHORIZE ATHLETIC TRAINERS TO PRACTICE UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A PHYSICIAN.

## 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%2FHB1259-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1259-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1259** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1259.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
- McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25T19:51:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-25T21:40:50+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`
- **2021-02-23T19:03:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24T14:24:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-24T14:24:11+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24T17:40:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T19:12:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T22:07:32+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-01T22:08:00+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T22:47:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04T19:22:09+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-04T19:22:12+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-04T21:12:09+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-08T19:57:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-08T20:05:21+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended #1
- **2021-03-08T21:58:06+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-09T19:16:26+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-03-09T19:16:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-10T14:17:30+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-15T18:00:27+00:00** Notification that HB1259 is now Act 348 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0da59a21-f89d-4e30-aa18-fc072b08dc92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).