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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO CREATE A PATHWAY FOR A GRADUATE OF A FOREIGN MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BE LICENSED IN THIS STATE IF HE OR SHE IS OFFERED FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT AS A PHYSICIAN FROM A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER."
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description: "TO CREATE A PATHWAY FOR A GRADUATE OF A FOREIGN MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BE LICENSED IN THIS STATE IF HE OR SHE IS OFFERED FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT AS A PHYSICIAN FROM A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 601"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 601 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "L. Johnson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-04-01T20:08:04+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-22T21:47:35+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b32f0d98-ccba-420f-a82e-2a709e6334a5"
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source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "0110656917c84686b42eb5bed169d21ec718f168a026400334cb93b936ffb512"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
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---
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# Arkansas SB 601 (2025) — TO CREATE A PATHWAY FOR A GRADUATE OF A FOREIGN MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BE LICENSED IN THIS STATE IF HE OR SHE IS OFFERED FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT AS A PHYSICIAN FROM A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Act 971** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=971.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
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2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB601-H1.pdf)
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3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB601-H2.pdf)
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4. **SB 601** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB601.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Hester — primary (person)
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- L. Johnson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-01T20:08:04+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2025-04-01T22:43:21+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-03T18:19:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-07T20:20:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-07T20:20:20+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2025-04-07T21:37:52+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2025-04-08T01:17:58+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`
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- **2025-04-09T13:35:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2025-04-09T13:35:28+00:00** Amendment No. 1 & 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
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- **2025-04-09T17:03:09+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-04-15T18:30:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-16T15:36:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16T15:36:40+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
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- **2025-04-16T17:21:47+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 .
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- **2025-04-16T17:21:54+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2025-04-16T17:22:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2025-04-16T17:22:12+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 & 2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
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- **2025-04-16T17:22:21+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2025-04-16T17:22:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16T17:22:37+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2025-04-16T19:21:05+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2025-04-16T19:21:09+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-22T21:47:35+00:00** Notification that SB601 is now Act 971 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b32f0d98-ccba-420f-a82e-2a709e6334a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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