---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ABOLISH THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL; AND TO CREATE THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE."
description: "TO ABOLISH THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL; AND TO CREATE THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1767"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1767 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-12T20:05:47+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:48:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4887f7e9-98e2-4cf7-b85d-1e69ff265fda"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e6b19d6ee9f7acf3ee945f2e4243555cf89b21ba44ba944ae980aef1ae3f89f2"
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 1767 (2025) — TO ABOLISH THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL; AND TO CREATE THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 863** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=863.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1767-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1767** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1767.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12T20:05:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-12T23:15:46+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`
- **2025-03-19T13:36:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-19T13:36:11+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19T21:21:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-20T22:59:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T20:06:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T00:23:37+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-01T00:23:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T18:53:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T18:02:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T18:02:49+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-14T19:17:28+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-14T19:17:30+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T15:45:29+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:48:44+00:00** Notification that HB1767 is now Act 863 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4887f7e9-98e2-4cf7-b85d-1e69ff265fda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).