---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO EXEMPT A HOME CAREGIVER FROM HOME CAREGIVER TRAINING IF HE OR SHE PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED TRAINING."
description: "TO EXEMPT A HOME CAREGIVER FROM HOME CAREGIVER TRAINING IF HE OR SHE PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED TRAINING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1854"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1854 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "Flippo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-19T18:38:02+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:41:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eff00b5c-4351-432f-874e-79cb070fac2e"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6bd07903e2cee1151294ef0c861cb66a4b5a5fe5dd5d85cb62f9f465558dd118"
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 1854 (2025) — TO EXEMPT A HOME CAREGIVER FROM HOME CAREGIVER TRAINING IF HE OR SHE PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED TRAINING.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 643** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=643.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1854** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1854.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- Flippo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-19T18:38:02+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-19T22:21:07+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`
- **2025-04-01T18:22:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T19:38:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T00:50:01+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-03T00:50:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T00:45:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10T01:49:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T01:49:54+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T13:48:21+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T13:48:23+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:48:25+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:41:40+00:00** Notification that HB1854 is now Act 643 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eff00b5c-4351-432f-874e-79cb070fac2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).