--- type: "Bill" title: "TO NAME A LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST AS A MANDATED REPORTER UNDER THE CHILD MALTREATMENT ACT." description: "TO NAME A LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST AS A MANDATED REPORTER UNDER THE CHILD MALTREATMENT ACT." jurisdiction: "us/states/ar" legislature: "Arkansas Legislature" session: "2023" identifier: "HB 1729" citation: "Arkansas HB 1729 (2023)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Gramlich", "J. Boyd"] version_count: 2 action_count: 13 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2023-03-27T21:21:04+00:00" last_action: "2023-04-10T21:31:17+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/334286de-392b-4091-8a8b-f82e8dababf9" source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt" source_hash: "d233fe6ee66c5416cd436e189c569bc775624354a151292f287e97d86b67859c" 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 1729 (2023) — TO NAME A LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST AS A MANDATED REPORTER UNDER THE CHILD MALTREATMENT ACT. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Act 531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=531.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R) 2. **HB 1729** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1729.pdf) ## Votes - Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper - Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–1** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Gramlich — primary (person) - J. Boyd — primary (person) - Lundstrum — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-03-27T21:21:04+00:00** Filed `introduction` - **2023-03-27T23:04:44+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` - **2023-03-29T16:33:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage` - **2023-03-30T19:45:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3` - **2023-03-31T01:25:38+00:00** Received from the House. - **2023-03-31T17:25:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2023-04-03T18:00:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-04-05T19:38:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3` - **2023-04-05T19:38:10+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed. - **2023-04-05T21:31:57+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed. - **2023-04-05T21:31:59+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED - **2023-04-05T22:22:44+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. - **2023-04-10T21:31:17+00:00** Notification that HB1729 is now Act 531 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/334286de-392b-4091-8a8b-f82e8dababf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).