---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS ATHLETIC TRAINERS ACT; TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF \"ATHLETE\"; AND TO DEFINE \"HEALTHCARE PROVIDER\" REGARDING STUDENT ATHLETE CONCUSSION EDUCATION."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS ATHLETIC TRAINERS ACT; TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF \"ATHLETE\"; AND TO DEFINE \"HEALTHCARE PROVIDER\" REGARDING STUDENT ATHLETE CONCUSSION EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1213"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1213 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Achor", "C. Penzo"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23T18:06:09+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T22:07:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db477ab4-910b-494f-84f2-d1b8ba63a74b"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0257b5b5b6100cb045dcbc4a1a99ed1924847f3bf25c94e501f0fa66a4c0a52b"
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 1213 (2025) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS ATHLETIC TRAINERS ACT; TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF "ATHLETE"; AND TO DEFINE "HEALTHCARE PROVIDER" REGARDING STUDENT ATHLETE CONCUSSION EDUCATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 266** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=266.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1213-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1213-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1213-S1.pdf)
5. **HB 1213** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1213.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Achor — primary (person)
- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23T18:06:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-23T22:36:02+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`
- **2025-02-13T14:32:02+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-13T14:32:04+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-13T16:59:10+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-18T20:41:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T14:39:24+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-19T14:39:26+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-19T17:22:19+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-20T17:09:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T18:49:47+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-20T18:50:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T23:24:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03T19:46:56+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-03T19:47:03+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-03T21:37:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-04T20:12:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T20:12:40+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-03-04T20:45:25+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-03-04T20:45:32+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T18:09:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T18:41:15+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-03-10T18:41:17+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-11T13:30:39+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-12T22:07:50+00:00** Notification that HB1213 is now Act 266 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db477ab4-910b-494f-84f2-d1b8ba63a74b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).