---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF HOURS OF DEMENTIA TRAINING FOR HOME CAREGIVERS."
description: "TO REQUIRE A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF HOURS OF DEMENTIA TRAINING FOR HOME CAREGIVERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1267"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1267 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "J. Mayberry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26T17:44:58+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-14T23:00:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71e7c807-e899-4561-a64c-82b207ed833c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ce2c3cbef96490b20ce7c74f54e454c10d935fda6944feaf3f5962878d0d1ca3"
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 1267 (2023) — TO REQUIRE A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF HOURS OF DEMENTIA TRAINING FOR HOME CAREGIVERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 70** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=70.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1267** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1267.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- J. Mayberry — primary (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26T17:44:58+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-26T22:58:36+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T17:18:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T17:20:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T19:18:31+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-06T19:18:38+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T19:21:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09T17:49:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T17:49:32+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-09T19:08:31+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-09T19:08:32+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-09T20:26:04+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-14T23:00:38+00:00** Notification that HB1267 is now Act 70 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71e7c807-e899-4561-a64c-82b207ed833c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).