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type: "Bill"
title: "TO REMOVE THE LIMITATION OF THE PRACTICE OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGY FROM TECHNICIANS EMPLOYED BY PSYCHOLOGISTS; AND TO ALLOW PSYCHOLOGY TECHNICIANS TO BE EMPLOYED BY PSYCHOLOGISTS."
description: "TO REMOVE THE LIMITATION OF THE PRACTICE OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGY FROM TECHNICIANS EMPLOYED BY PSYCHOLOGISTS; AND TO ALLOW PSYCHOLOGY TECHNICIANS TO BE EMPLOYED BY PSYCHOLOGISTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1257"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1257 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-27T20:52:49+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-03T18:12:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0287a30e-d45b-4e0d-889c-73fb78d0a60d"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "046ab70166f924ec11092ef0593854397954866bc1c0e1cc8884a2f021f86e69"
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 1257 (2025) — TO REMOVE THE LIMITATION OF THE PRACTICE OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGY FROM TECHNICIANS EMPLOYED BY PSYCHOLOGISTS; AND TO ALLOW PSYCHOLOGY TECHNICIANS TO BE EMPLOYED BY PSYCHOLOGISTS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 434** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=434.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1257-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1257-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1257** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1257.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Irvin — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-27T20:52:49+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-27T23:53:44+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`
- **2025-02-18T20:45:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T14:40:01+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-19T14:40:10+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-19T17:23:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-20T17:11:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T18:50:44+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-20T18:50:52+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T18:42:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18T18:58:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-18T18:58:25+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-18T20:47:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-19T21:20:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T21:20:23+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-03-19T22:16:22+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-03-19T22:16:32+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T22:59:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T18:56:53+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-03-31T18:56:56+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-31T18:56:59+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-03T18:12:37+00:00** Notification that HB1257 is now Act 434 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0287a30e-d45b-4e0d-889c-73fb78d0a60d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).