Recently Filed Bills for Monday, January 27, 2025
Bill
Sponsor
Action
Date
TO PROHIBIT PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES PROVIDED FOR TREATMENT OF A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:53:27 PM
TO CONFIRM THE LAW RELATED TO THE ASSESSMENT OF A HOMESTEAD BELONGING TO A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY OR A PERSON SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:53:14 PM
AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:29:09 PM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT MONTICELLO APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:28:36 PM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:27:51 PM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - FAYETTEVILLE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:27:11 PM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:26:36 PM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:25:10 PM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:24:28 PM
TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COVERAGE FOR MAMMOGRAMS AND BREAST ULTRASOUNDS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:23:11 PM
TO AMEND THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT; TO APPLY THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT TO PHYSICIANS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:22:42 PM
TO AMEND THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT; TO APPLY THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:22:22 PM
TO REQUIRE LICENSURE FOR ALL PRIVATE CARE AGENCIES IN THIS STATE; AND TO ENSURE CONSUMER PROTECTION FOR VULNERABLE AGING ADULTS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:21:53 PM
TO ESTABLISH THE INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:21:04 PM
TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "AUDIOLOGY" RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF AUDIOLOGISTS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:20:35 PM
TO CREATE THE NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIAN PRACTICE ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR LICENSURE OF NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS IN ARKANSAS; AND TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF NATURAL MEDICINE.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:20:27 PM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - SYSTEM AND VARIOUS DIVISIONS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:18:01 PM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT MORRILTON APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:17:28 PM
TO ALLOW A TITLE INSURANCE AGENT, TITLE INSURER, OR TITLE COMPANY TO PAY REAL PROPERTY TAXES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF A TITLE.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:16:46 PM
AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY THREE RIVERS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:16:23 PM
AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - NEWPORT APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:15:58 PM
AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - BEEBE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:15:14 PM
TO PROVIDE THAT A LIEN CREATED BY THE ENTRY OF CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS ISSUED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SUPERIOR TO A PURCHASE MONEY MORTGAGE.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:14:26 PM
TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROPERTY VACATED BY A MUNICIPALITY; AND TO REQUIRE VESTED ABANDONED PROPERTY BE CONVEYED WITH THE ABUTTING REAL ESTATE.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:12:08 PM
TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MECHANICS' AND MATERIALMEN'S LIENS; AND TO CLARIFY THE PRIORITY OF LIENS IN MORTGAGE CONSTRUCTION LOANS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:09:35 PM
TO ESTABLISH A PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE PILOT PROGRAM THROUGH A SECTION 1115 MEDICAID DEMONSTRATION WAIVER; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:06:19 PM
TO CREATE THE MOMNIBUS ACT; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW TO IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH IN THIS STATE.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 4:04:42 PM
TO ALLOW A PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY TO BECOME A PARTICIPATING PUBLIC EMPLOYER AND FOR ITS EMPLOYEES TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 3:49:05 PM
AN ACT FOR THE UAMS - REYNOLDS CENTER ON AGING, BOOZMAN COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, ARK. BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE, & THE AREA HEALTH ED. CENTER IN HELENA APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 3:38:03 PM
AN ACT FOR THE HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 3:33:50 PM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 3:31:41 PM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - FORT SMITH APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 3:28:04 PM
TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL REMOVAL OR FAILURE TO CHARGE AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 3:25:31 PM
AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - ARKANSAS BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 3:22:46 PM
AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 3:19:17 PM
AN ACT FOR THE SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 3:17:15 PM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AND THE DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE - ARKANSAS BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 3:15:15 PM
TO CREATE THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE CERTIFICATION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 2:54:56 PM
TO REMOVE THE LIMITATION OF THE PRACTICE OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGY FROM TECHNICIANS EMPLOYED BY PSYCHOLOGISTS; AND TO ALLOW PSYCHOLOGY TECHNICIANS TO BE EMPLOYED BY PSYCHOLOGISTS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 2:52:49 PM
TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN COUNSELING TO ISSUE A PROVISIONAL LICENSE FOR A LICENSED ASSOCIATE COUNSELOR AND A LICENSED ASSOCIATE MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 2:50:11 PM
TO AMEND THE COVERAGE OF A CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 2:47:47 PM
TO AUTHORIZE A LICENSED PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTITIONER TO PRACTICE INDEPENDENTLY IN THIS STATE; AND TO REMOVE THE INDEPENDENT PRACTICE PRIVILEGES FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINERS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 2:44:42 PM
TO ADOPT THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL LICENSURE INTERSTATE COMPACT IN ARKANSAS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 2:42:45 PM
TO ESTABLISH THE CERTIFIED COMMUNITY-BASED DOULA CERTIFICATION ACT; AND TO CERTIFY BIRTH AND POSTPARTUM DOULAS IN THIS STATE TO IMPROVE MATERNAL AND INFANT OUTCOMES.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 2:40:27 PM
TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANT ACT; AND TO PROVIDE FOR LICENSURE OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 2:38:17 PM
TO CREATE A SALES TAX HOLIDAY FOR DISASTER-PREPAREDNESS SUPPLIES TO ENCOURAGE DISASTER-PREPAREDNESS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 2:15:53 PM
AN ACT FOR THE NATIONAL PARK COLLEGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 2:10:21 PM
AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - MID-SOUTH APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 2:08:34 PM
AN ACT FOR THE COSSATOT COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 2:06:46 PM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT RICH MOUNTAIN APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 2:05:02 PM
TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS BEHAVIOR ANALYST REGISTRATION ACT.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 1:59:27 PM
TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF FULL INDEPENDENT PRACTICE AUTHORITY BY A CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER OR CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 1:53:02 PM
TO ESTABLISH THE DENTIST AND DENTAL HYGIENIST COMPACT.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 1:43:18 PM
TO COMMEMORATE AND RECOGNIZE NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK DURING THE WEEK OF JANUARY 26-FEBRUARY 1.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 1:34:52 PM
TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY REGARDING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES; TO AMEND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING AND PROTECT ELECTION INTEGRITY; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 1:29:19 PM
TO AUTHORIZE CERTIFIED NURSE AIDES OR CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS WHO PROVIDE IN-HOME SERVICES TO BENEFICIARIES IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO PERFORM ADDITIONAL CARE AND DUTIES.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 1:28:45 PM
TO AMEND THE MECHANISM BY WHICH SCHOOL NURSES ARE COMPENSATED.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 1:26:54 PM
TO COMMEMORATE AND RECOGNIZE NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK DURING THE WEEK OF JANUARY 26-FEBRUARY 1.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 1:26:25 PM
TO ENSURE THAT THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM REIMBURSES FOR DENTAL AND ANESTHESIA COSTS FOR HIGH COMPLEXITY ORAL HEALTH CARE.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 1:24:58 PM
TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR COVERAGE UNDER THE STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM TO CERTAIN VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 1:18:15 PM
TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING ACT OF 2003; AND TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL CATEGORY OF FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 1:14:59 PM
TO RECOGNIZE FEBRUARY 10, 2025, AS KIDS COUNT DAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE ARKANSAS KIDS COUNT COALITION FOR ITS ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN OF ARKANSAS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 1:13:19 PM
TO AUTHORIZE A MORTGAGOR TO RECOVER FEES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER THE STATUTORY FORECLOSURE LAW.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 1:10:41 PM
TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO SET PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PROHIBITION OF SOLICITATION OF INJURED INDIVIDUALS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 1:09:01 PM
TO ALLOW A PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE TO BE RELEASED FROM HIS OR HER CONTRACT BY A CERTAIN DATE UPON HIS OR HER WRITTEN REQUEST; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:57:49 AM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS EAST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:38:00 AM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT HOPE-TEXARKANA APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:36:04 AM
AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS NORTHEASTERN COLLEGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:33:01 AM
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MILITARY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:31:04 AM
AN ACT FOR THE PHILLIPS COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:28:58 AM
AN ACT FOR THE NORTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:26:41 AM
AN ACT FOR THE OZARKA COLLEGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:24:51 AM
AN ACT FOR THE NORTHWEST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:22:55 AM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - PULASKI TECHNICAL COLLEGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:19:49 AM
AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - MOUNTAIN HOME APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:17:53 AM
AN ACT FOR THE BLACK RIVER TECHNICAL COLLEGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:16:02 AM
AN ACT FOR THE SOUTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:12:40 AM
AN ACT FOR THE SAU-TECH APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:12:29 AM
AN ACT FOR THE SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS COLLEGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:12:18 AM
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:12:08 AM
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT BATESVILLE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 11:11:52 AM
TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER LICENSURE ACT; TO PROTECT PATIENTS' RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO MEDICATIONS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 9:03:22 AM
TO CREATE THE PHARMACY NONDISCRIMINATION ACT; TO REQUIRE PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS TO ACCEPT ANY PHARMACY OR PHARMACIST WILLING TO ACCEPT RELEVANT AND REASONABLE TERMS OF PARTICIPATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 9:03:06 AM
TO AMEND THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT; AND TO APPLY THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT TO MASSAGE THERAPISTS.
Action Date:
1/27/2025 9:01:23 AM