---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE VETERINARY TELEMEDICINE IN THIS STATE; AND TO SET CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR VETERINARY TELEMEDICINE."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE VETERINARY TELEMEDICINE IN THIS STATE; AND TO SET CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR VETERINARY TELEMEDICINE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "Arkansas SB 61 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Vaught"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14T22:08:59+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-06T22:16:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e07f6865-1094-4942-b4ec-7d3a71d846db"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "669dd206ae82e0a3835be103b4602be3a210390090f76695e5b1c8814e922610"
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 SB 61 (2025) — TO AUTHORIZE VETERINARY TELEMEDICINE IN THIS STATE; AND TO SET CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR VETERINARY TELEMEDICINE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 18** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=18.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 61** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB61.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14T22:08:59+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-15T16:04:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21T19:39:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-22T20:01:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-22T20:01:24+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-01-22T21:03:58+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-01-22T22:52:08+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T17:09:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03T20:19:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-03T20:19:56+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-03T21:32:22+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-02-03T21:32:31+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-03T21:43:22+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-03T21:43:26+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-06T22:16:19+00:00** Notification that SB61 is now Act 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e07f6865-1094-4942-b4ec-7d3a71d846db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).