republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2025/hb-1245.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS BEHAVIOR ANALYST REGISTRATION ACT."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS BEHAVIOR ANALYST REGISTRATION ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1245"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1245 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clowney", "Irvin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-27T19:59:27+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-03T18:12:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45e01783-0f25-4054-b87f-45065b778143"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a8d7065350791c915e0ee01989c3640f3777521d2e42a459898a205bab84e4f6"
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 1245 (2025) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS BEHAVIOR ANALYST REGISTRATION ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 432** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=432.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1245-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1245-S2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1245-S3.pdf)
5. **HB 1245** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1245.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Clowney — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27T19:59:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-27T23:50:36+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`
- **2025-02-04T17:20:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T19:46:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05T22:14:50+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-05T22:15:03+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T13:58:42+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-02-13T13:58:52+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-13T16:06:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-13T16:06:40+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T23:24:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27T20:06:38+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T20:05:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06T20:08:39+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-06T20:08:48+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-06T22:00:29+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-11T19:06:05+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T18:52:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13T18:58:16+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-13T18:58:23+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-13T20:49:29+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-17T20:25:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:26:03+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1, 2, & 3 .
- **2025-03-17T22:35:02+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1, 2, & 3
- **2025-03-17T22:35:09+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T22:59:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1, 2 & 3 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T18:53:12+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-03-31T18:54:06+00:00** Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
- **2025-03-31T18:55:21+00:00** Senate amendment # 3 read and concurred in.
- **2025-03-31T18:55:23+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-31T18:55:26+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-03T18:12:03+00:00** Notification that HB1245 is now Act 432 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45e01783-0f25-4054-b87f-45065b778143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).