---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THAT AN ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE WHO PRESCRIBES A STIMULANT MAY SUBSTITUTE A THERAPEUTICALLY EQUIVALENT MEDICATION."
description: "TO CLARIFY THAT AN ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE WHO PRESCRIBES A STIMULANT MAY SUBSTITUTE A THERAPEUTICALLY EQUIVALENT MEDICATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1963"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1963 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzales", "J. Boyd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-01T20:27:59+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-21T16:44:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46ea60f5-d1b4-4951-964f-b92163df3624"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "02ece6f2dc961dc16ec28e3af2a7e101207b4b53bbfb08697fa03a0e833eecd8"
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 1963 (2025) — TO CLARIFY THAT AN ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE WHO PRESCRIBES A STIMULANT MAY SUBSTITUTE A THERAPEUTICALLY EQUIVALENT MEDICATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 963** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=963.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1963-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1963** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1963.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-01T20:27:59+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-02T01:40:26+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`
- **2025-04-03T18:31:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07T21:15:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T01:18:32+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-08T01:18:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T22:44:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T23:04:40+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-09T23:04:46+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-09T23:04:53+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-09T23:40:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-10T21:13:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T21:13:45+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-10T23:07:29+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-10T23:07:35+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15T18:28:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16T18:41:54+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-16T18:41:57+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T18:42:00+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-21T16:44:33+00:00** Notification that HB1963 is now Act 963 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46ea60f5-d1b4-4951-964f-b92163df3624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).