---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THE OSTEOPATHIC RURAL MEDICAL PRACTICE STUDENT LOAN AND SCHOLARSHIP BOARD."
description: "TO AMEND THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THE OSTEOPATHIC RURAL MEDICAL PRACTICE STUDENT LOAN AND SCHOLARSHIP BOARD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1544"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1544 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-02T21:01:40+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T14:51:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc1caf75-59ff-4e8d-8c06-f5bcc084f34b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "871fcd9c3f508a00d51ad09fe19b35b6c1a81d88ee0219dd785223d86418ae3c"
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 1544 (2023) — TO AMEND THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THE OSTEOPATHIC RURAL MEDICAL PRACTICE STUDENT LOAN AND SCHOLARSHIP BOARD.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 725** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=725.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1544-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1544** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1544.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02T21:01:40+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-02T22:37:14+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`
- **2023-03-09T18:22:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13T19:12:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T21:48:24+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-13T21:48:31+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T20:45:41+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-04T20:45:49+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-04-04T20:45:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-04T20:45:58+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-04-04T21:41:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-04T21:42:00+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T17:25:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T17:40:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T17:41:35+00:00** Returned to the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T19:26:13+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T19:26:20+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07T14:05:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T15:49:03+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-07T15:49:05+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T17:04:30+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T14:51:15+00:00** Notification that HB1544 is now Act 725 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc1caf75-59ff-4e8d-8c06-f5bcc084f34b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).