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type: "Bill"
title: "TO EXEMPT THE SALE OF VETERINARY DRUGS AND MEDICINE IF BASED ON A PRESCRIPTION OF A LICENSED VETERINARIAN FROM THE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PHARMACIST AND A PHARMACY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO EXEMPT THE SALE OF VETERINARY DRUGS AND MEDICINE IF BASED ON A PRESCRIPTION OF A LICENSED VETERINARIAN FROM THE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PHARMACIST AND A PHARMACY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1662"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1662 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Payton", "Puryear"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-16T20:00:30+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T14:27:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f635205f-a520-4a90-9879-555abb3f06d6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "375ae728f4276c18a3477598bb15305750bcc28e79a74de8156bbd0a504a218a"
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 1662 (2023) — TO EXEMPT THE SALE OF VETERINARY DRUGS AND MEDICINE IF BASED ON A PRESCRIPTION OF A LICENSED VETERINARIAN FROM THE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PHARMACIST AND A PHARMACY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 591** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=591.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1662-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1662** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1662.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed. — **330** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **931** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- J. Payton — primary (person)
- Puryear — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-16T20:00:30+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-16T21:45:46+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T13:29:16+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-28T13:29:20+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28T16:18:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-29T18:39:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T19:59:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T19:59:18+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-31T01:48:05+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-31T17:48:15+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:41:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T19:18:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:18:56+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-06T19:19:05+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:03:42+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:03:44+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:15:34+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T14:27:55+00:00** Notification that HB1662 is now Act 591 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f635205f-a520-4a90-9879-555abb3f06d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).