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type: "Bill"
title: "TO SET STANDARDS FOR LICENSING AND REGULATION OF PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO SET STANDARDS FOR LICENSING AND REGULATION OF PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1653"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1653 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cavenaugh", "Irvin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-04T15:31:05+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:38:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17e7f6a9-e791-4af6-b293-c0a3912eea34"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2965f7a3f7246b8c941868a66cdc3e74067b21d86f83819a7b1abdfd06334574"
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 1653 (2025) — TO SET STANDARDS FOR LICENSING AND REGULATION OF PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 636** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=636.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1653-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1653-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1653** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1653.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Cavenaugh — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)
- Wooldridge — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-04T15:31:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-04T23:29:59+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`
- **2025-03-05T14:30:20+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-05T14:30:22+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-05T17:47:35+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-31T13:40:46+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-31T13:40:48+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-31T19:11:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-01T18:21:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T19:28:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T19:28:50+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-03T00:44:47+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-03T00:44:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T18:47:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T23:33:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T23:33:15+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-09T23:33:22+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:35:27+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:35:29+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T15:53:42+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:38:08+00:00** Notification that HB1653 is now Act 636 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17e7f6a9-e791-4af6-b293-c0a3912eea34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).