---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE MASSAGE THERAPY ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH REGISTRATION FOR MASSAGE THERAPY ESTABLISHMENTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE MASSAGE THERAPY ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH REGISTRATION FOR MASSAGE THERAPY ESTABLISHMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1440"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1440 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "D. Wallace"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-10T19:27:44+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:34:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a139035-bd33-4698-bdf5-320bbe894067"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "aeb893b404c67b2cf6408693c3a40356ae3add32d16fd6cd5db08ff7a09fc5f0"
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 1440 (2025) — TO AMEND THE MASSAGE THERAPY ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH REGISTRATION FOR MASSAGE THERAPY ESTABLISHMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 629** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=629.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1440-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1440** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1440.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- D. Wallace — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10T19:27:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-10T23:11:23+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`
- **2025-02-24T14:35:22+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-24T14:35:24+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-24T16:50:29+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-25T20:25:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T20:50:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T23:32:37+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-26T23:32:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T00:39:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T22:55:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T22:55:24+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:32:50+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:32:53+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T16:14:18+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:34:17+00:00** Notification that HB1440 is now Act 629 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a139035-bd33-4698-bdf5-320bbe894067`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).