---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION OF THE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION RESIDENCY EXPANSION BOARD."
description: "TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION OF THE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION RESIDENCY EXPANSION BOARD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1778"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1778 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-29T19:42:16+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:27:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3df1a48a-15d4-4aa4-b76d-3cdf527a58d3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ce4f0a1291a076e8187fc3b731b787c7d40402bdb9877ecef22f7d796fb8eb9e"
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 1778 (2023) — TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION OF THE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION RESIDENCY EXPANSION BOARD.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 844** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=844.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1778** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1778.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-29T19:42:16+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-29T23:24:41+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`
- **2023-03-31T00:55:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T19:06:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T21:58:59+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T21:59:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T19:34:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T20:16:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T20:16:26+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:16:25+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:16:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:13:10+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:27:47+00:00** Notification that HB1778 is now Act 844 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3df1a48a-15d4-4aa4-b76d-3cdf527a58d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).