HB 1854 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO EXEMPT A HOME CAREGIVER FROM HOME CAREGIVER TRAINING IF HE OR SHE PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED TRAINING.

House Bill 1854 amends Arkansas law concerning training requirements for home caregivers. This bill directly affects home caregivers by adding a new exemption to the existing list of individuals not required to complete specific training. Under this new provision, a home caregiver who has previously completed the required training and can provide documentation of it will be exempt from needing to complete it again. This adds to other exemptions for individuals such as Certified Nursing Assistants, licensed practical nurses, and certain family members of care recipients.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Mar 19, 2025 Signed Apr 16, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 643 → HB 1854 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was renamed from Act 643 to HB 1854 for the 95th General Assembly Regular Session of 2025, and the approval date line was removed. These changes appear to be procedural updates related to the bill's numbering and session identification rather than substantive policy modifications.

Scope change

No substantive scope change; the bill's applicability remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date line (4/16/25) that was present in the previous Act 643 version.

Changed the bill identifier from Act 643 to HB 1854 for the 95th General Assembly Regular Session, 2025.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 16, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1854 is now Act 643

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed.

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Mar 19, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors