---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT IN ARKANSAS."
description: "TO ESTABLISH THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT IN ARKANSAS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1082"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1082 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flippo", "Pilkington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-05T19:56:57+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-13T12:40:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e35a5f94-2486-47b1-a1a3-d16a3ad13447"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b3401fb56360f276e069296ba2e2b35a82e2f3247e942f523ca67d5a976b7837"
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 1082 (2023) — TO ESTABLISH THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT IN ARKANSAS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 257** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=257.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1082-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1082** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1082.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **71–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flippo — primary (person)
- Pilkington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05T19:56:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T20:13:41+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`
- **2023-01-19T17:04:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31T19:44:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T19:18:30+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-01T19:19:21+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T19:31:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02T17:45:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-02T17:46:06+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-02T19:31:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-06T20:21:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T20:21:21+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-03-06T22:05:29+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-06T22:05:44+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T22:33:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T19:56:09+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-08T19:56:11+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-08T21:38:24+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-13T12:40:42+00:00** Notification that HB1082 is now Act 257 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e35a5f94-2486-47b1-a1a3-d16a3ad13447`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).