---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO INCLUDE A PODIATRIST WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF \"PHYSICIAN\" FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MOBILITY ENHANCING EQUIPMENT, PROSTHETIC DEVICES, AND DISPOSABLE MEDICAL SUPPLIES."
description: "TO INCLUDE A PODIATRIST WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF \"PHYSICIAN\" FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MOBILITY ENHANCING EQUIPMENT, PROSTHETIC DEVICES, AND DISPOSABLE MEDICAL SUPPLIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1245"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1245 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1ce9702-27bc-464e-9d2f-36c4be18f83b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3dd36eebbde717d7f212c21bbfde49abaf5ae4b37299dd4b2781dc4178286cf1"
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 1245 (2019) — TO INCLUDE A PODIATRIST WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF "PHYSICIAN" FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MOBILITY ENHANCING EQUIPMENT, PROSTHETIC DEVICES, AND DISPOSABLE MEDICAL SUPPLIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1245** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1245.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-07** Received from the House.
- **2019-02-07** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2019-02-14** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2019-02-14** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-02-14** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-02-18** Notification that HB1245 is now Act 172 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1ce9702-27bc-464e-9d2f-36c4be18f83b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).