---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR AN INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT TO INCLUDE A PERSON WHO IS IN A MENTAL CONDITION AS A RESULT OF A MEDICAL CONDITION."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR AN INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT TO INCLUDE A PERSON WHO IS IN A MENTAL CONDITION AS A RESULT OF A MEDICAL CONDITION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1169"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1169 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-16T20:53:04+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-20T15:50:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55700aa8-206f-4c5c-8af3-d78bdb12250d"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9184b5dc5f67f0b1e3a30a5d45bb022ceb2940239dd221ce49520fe7cbd41f1b"
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 1169 (2025) — TO CLARIFY THE ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR AN INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT TO INCLUDE A PERSON WHO IS IN A MENTAL CONDITION AS A RESULT OF A MEDICAL CONDITION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 383** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=383.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1169-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1169-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1169-H3.pdf)
5. **HB 1169** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1169.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16T20:53:04+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-16T22:55:15+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`
- **2025-01-30T14:28:33+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-01-30T14:28:35+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-30T17:04:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-06T14:35:54+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-06T14:35:56+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-06T15:56:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-20T14:32:12+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-20T14:32:14+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-20T18:20:44+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-27T18:03:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T20:05:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T22:08:31+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-04T22:08:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T18:41:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18T19:51:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T19:51:43+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-18T21:05:05+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-18T21:05:09+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-19T13:55:17+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-20T15:50:03+00:00** Notification that HB1169 is now Act 383 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55700aa8-206f-4c5c-8af3-d78bdb12250d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).