---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS TO MAINTAIN EMERGENCY MEDICATION KITS."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS TO MAINTAIN EMERGENCY MEDICATION KITS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1677"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1677 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "J. Payton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-04T21:09:02+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:38:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e315bbea-62b1-4e5f-991e-8f0b975993f7"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b9885dd70b506e7a1039758460177e9d38e730febaa42127d174bfd16d13f4a3"
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 1677 (2025) — TO AUTHORIZE ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS TO MAINTAIN EMERGENCY MEDICATION KITS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 637** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=637.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1677-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1677** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1677.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- J. Payton — primary (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04T21:09:02+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-04T23:35:39+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`
- **2025-03-06T18:09:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T19:08:53+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T23:00:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T13:38:53+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-31T13:38:55+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-31T19:10:47+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-01T19:53:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T00:22:11+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-02T00:22:21+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T00:42:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T23:45:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T23:45:59+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:36:02+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:36:05+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T15:52:06+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:38:40+00:00** Notification that HB1677 is now Act 637 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e315bbea-62b1-4e5f-991e-8f0b975993f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).