---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ADOPT THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL LICENSURE INTERSTATE COMPACT IN ARKANSAS."
description: "TO ADOPT THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL LICENSURE INTERSTATE COMPACT IN ARKANSAS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1253"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1253 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Boyd", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-27T20:42:45+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-20T15:50:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dc185f5-8a38-4a1b-be5c-697242f67407"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7321515af9a44e20cb03fdfe406a6ae4b038efb26f775e569c8e619edd04dd9d"
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 1253 (2025) — TO ADOPT THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL LICENSURE INTERSTATE COMPACT IN ARKANSAS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 384** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=384.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1253-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1253-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1253** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1253.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27T20:42:45+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-27T23:52:37+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`
- **2025-02-26T14:36:20+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-26T14:36:22+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-26T17:00:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-27T18:08:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03T14:34:13+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-03T14:34:16+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-03T16:38:50+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-04T20:12:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T22:09:22+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-04T22:09:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T18:52:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17T20:27:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:27:37+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-17T22:42:21+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-17T22:42:23+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-18T16:43:28+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-20T15:50:10+00:00** Notification that HB1253 is now Act 384 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5dc185f5-8a38-4a1b-be5c-697242f67407`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).