---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPEAL THE PROHIBITION ON LICENSING NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINERS."
description: "TO REPEAL THE PROHIBITION ON LICENSING NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1173"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1173 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-19T17:51:44+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T14:11:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/307ee267-a83e-4d17-9092-11251839017e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e0b58033de76d8c55f94ef437802387771b276493aace87933a6f8b266b6da3c"
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 1173 (2023) — TO REPEAL THE PROHIBITION ON LICENSING NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 573** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=573.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1173-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1173-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1173** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1173.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Wooldridge — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19T17:51:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-19T22:39:20+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`
- **2023-01-24T16:56:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25T19:54:28+00:00** Motion to rerefer back to committe passed
- **2023-01-25T19:54:49+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T14:35:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-02T14:36:01+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-02T16:25:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-30T18:27:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T18:43:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-03T18:43:48+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:53:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-04T19:02:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T21:49:41+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T21:49:47+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T19:27:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T16:54:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T16:54:46+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T18:53:05+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T18:53:06+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T20:13:01+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T14:11:28+00:00** Notification that HB1173 is now Act 573 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/307ee267-a83e-4d17-9092-11251839017e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).