---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING MEDICATION ASSISTIVE PERSONS; AND TO ALLOW EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES IN CERTAIN FACILITIES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING MEDICATION ASSISTIVE PERSONS; AND TO ALLOW EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES IN CERTAIN FACILITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1780"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1780 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-17T21:39:38+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-19T18:19:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9050c19-f9eb-4164-b531-da2db81e42f8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ece44f2bc66da8695535b7ff16f040e5878f44c450a522888298a0d688b0c13b"
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 1780 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING MEDICATION ASSISTIVE PERSONS; AND TO ALLOW EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES IN CERTAIN FACILITIES.

## 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%2FHB1780-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1780** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1780.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **84–4** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-17T21:39:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-17T21:58:27+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`
- **2021-04-01T23:48:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05T13:38:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-05T13:38:17+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-05T16:03:30+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-06T18:52:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T23:04:38+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-06T23:04:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:42:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T19:52:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T19:52:14+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-14T22:00:47+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-14T22:00:49+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-15T13:44:32+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-19T18:19:54+00:00** Notification that HB1780 is now Act 759 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9050c19-f9eb-4164-b531-da2db81e42f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).