--- type: "Bill" title: "TO ALLOW VETERINARY TECHNICIANS, VETERINARY TECHNOLOGISTS, AND VETERINARY TECHNICIAN SPECIALISTS TO GO TO A LOCATION OTHER THAN THE LOCATION OF THE SUPERVISING VETERINARIAN TO PROVIDE SERVICES BASED ON AN EMERGENCY CALL." description: "TO ALLOW VETERINARY TECHNICIANS, VETERINARY TECHNOLOGISTS, AND VETERINARY TECHNICIAN SPECIALISTS TO GO TO A LOCATION OTHER THAN THE LOCATION OF THE SUPERVISING VETERINARIAN TO PROVIDE SERVICES BASED ON AN EMERGENCY CALL." jurisdiction: "us/states/ar" legislature: "Arkansas Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 68" citation: "Arkansas SB 68 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Vaught"] version_count: 2 action_count: 15 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2025-01-15T16:11:16+00:00" last_action: "2025-02-06T22:16:47+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e279245-9c48-477b-b4d0-72954ec45617" source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt" source_hash: "68a08fa2f478552a43ccfec19f9f0026b0f86c25da0d02c23a9523b10dab2cdc" 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 68 (2025) — TO ALLOW VETERINARY TECHNICIANS, VETERINARY TECHNOLOGISTS, AND VETERINARY TECHNICIAN SPECIALISTS TO GO TO A LOCATION OTHER THAN THE LOCATION OF THE SUPERVISING VETERINARIAN TO PROVIDE SERVICES BASED ON AN EMERGENCY CALL. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Act 19** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=19.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) 2. **SB 68** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB68.pdf) ## Sponsors - Hill — primary (person) - Vaught — primary (person) - Painter — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-15T16:11:16+00:00** Filed `introduction` - **2025-01-15T20:10:42+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-01-21T19:39:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-01-22T20:12:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3` - **2025-01-22T20:12:43+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. - **2025-01-22T21:04:06+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE - **2025-01-22T22:52:24+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` - **2025-01-29T17:09:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage` - **2025-02-03T20:21:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-03T20:21:09+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed. - **2025-02-03T21:32:49+00:00** Returned from the House as passed. - **2025-02-03T21:32:54+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED - **2025-02-03T21:43:05+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor. - **2025-02-03T21:43:10+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt` - **2025-02-06T22:16:47+00:00** Notification that SB68 is now Act 19 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e279245-9c48-477b-b4d0-72954ec45617`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).