---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPLACE THE DEFINED TERM \"MEDICATION ASSISTIVE PERSON\" WITH THE DEFINED TERM \"CERTIFIED MEDICATION ASSISTANT\" THROUGHOUT § 17-87-701 ET SEQ."
description: "TO REPLACE THE DEFINED TERM \"MEDICATION ASSISTIVE PERSON\" WITH THE DEFINED TERM \"CERTIFIED MEDICATION ASSISTANT\" THROUGHOUT § 17-87-701 ET SEQ."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1182"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1182 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "Irvin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-21T22:09:44+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T22:07:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b17d1cf7-8bd0-4f9f-8b4a-ca023fad0131"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2dc546f564f6513ee02d25d888b66680cab446374c594631c7c1b35f3cf92f3c"
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 1182 (2025) — TO REPLACE THE DEFINED TERM "MEDICATION ASSISTIVE PERSON" WITH THE DEFINED TERM "CERTIFIED MEDICATION ASSISTANT" THROUGHOUT § 17-87-701 ET SEQ.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 265** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=265.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1182** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1182.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21T22:09:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-22T22:36:45+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`
- **2025-02-13T17:14:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17T20:09:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-17T21:15:27+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-17T21:15:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T20:04:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06T21:56:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T21:56:33+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-06T22:44:39+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-06T22:44:41+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-07T17:19:57+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-12T22:07:42+00:00** Notification that HB1182 is now Act 265 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b17d1cf7-8bd0-4f9f-8b4a-ca023fad0131`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).