---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE EVALUATION AND RESTRUCTURING OF LICENSURE FEES RELATED TO THE PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY."
description: "TO REQUIRE EVALUATION AND RESTRUCTURING OF LICENSURE FEES RELATED TO THE PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1612"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1612 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cozart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03T15:17:38+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T18:18:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edeb33ff-f65a-47d1-b395-8672ab8cf541"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "846da62632f60279635d01706eb6593df85fa8e7b13ea71c811d704d89f39cec"
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 1612 (2021) — TO REQUIRE EVALUATION AND RESTRUCTURING OF LICENSURE FEES RELATED TO THE PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1612** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1612.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cozart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03T15:17:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-03T22:41:51+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`
- **2021-03-30T23:28:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31T18:30:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T21:32:03+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-31T21:32:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19T23:10:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21T20:55:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T20:55:43+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-21T22:30:16+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-21T22:30:19+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-22T14:14:35+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-26T18:18:34+00:00** Notification that HB1612 is now Act 932 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edeb33ff-f65a-47d1-b395-8672ab8cf541`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).