Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 1758 — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HEARING INSTRUMENT DISPENSERS; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "PRACTICE OF DISPENSING HEARING INSTRUMENTS".

Last action — Notification that HB1758 is now Act 641

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 12, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on April 16, 2025.

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Advancing 52% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 1758, a reference to "Act 641 of the Regular Session" has been removed. This change likely means that the bill no longer relies on or incorporates the provisions of that specific act. Understanding this shift is important because it clarifies the bill's current legal framework and its standalone implications moving forward.

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Act 641 of the Regular Session State of Arkansas 95th General Assembly A Bill Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1758 5 By:
State of Arkansas 95th General Assembly A Bill Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1758 5 By:
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How this bill changes current law

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The bill updates the definition of 'practice of dispensing hearing instruments' to include specific activities related to hearing instruments.

  • Arkansas Code § 17-84-101(8)

    “Practice of dispensing hearing instruments” means conducting and interpreting hearing tests for purposes of identifying the type and degree of hearing loss and making proper recommendations based on those results, ordering the use of and selecting suitable hearing instruments, making earmolds or ear impressions, and providing appropriate counseling pertaining to the selling, renting, leasing, pricing, delivery, and warranty of hearing instruments; → “Practice of dispensing hearing instruments” means conducting and interpreting hearing tests for purposes of identifying the type and degree of hearing loss and making proper recommendations based on those results, ordering the use of and selecting suitable hearing instruments, making earmolds or ear impressions, and providing appropriate counseling pertaining to the selling, renting, leasing, pricing, delivery, and warranty of hearing instruments;

    The definition remains unchanged in wording, but the addition reflects legal consolidation or clarification rather than a change in content.

Action History

  1. Notification that HB1758 is now Act 641

  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

  3. TO BE ENROLLED

  4. Returned from the Senate as passed.

  5. Returned to the House as passed.

  6. Read the third time and passed.

  7. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

  8. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE

  9. Received from the House.

  10. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

  11. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

  12. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE

  13. Filed

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Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (136)

136 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1758?
HB 1758 is sponsored by Ricky Hill and Zack Gramlich.
What is the current status of HB 1758?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 12, 2025. Enacted.
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