# Arkansas HB1833: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ADMISSIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. Arkansas HB1833, TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ADMISSIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF MEDICINE., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Breanne Davis (Republican), Matthew J. Shepherd (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-17 (Notification that HB1833 is now Act 806) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1833-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas HB1833 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ADMISSIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-18 - Last action: 2025-04-17, Notification that HB1833 is now Act 806 - Sponsors: Breanne Davis (Republican), Matthew J. Shepherd (Republican) - Cosponsors: 22 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (130 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New seat rules for Arkansas medical applicants: mixed, medium. The University of Arkansas College of Medicine reserves 25 first-year seats for each of Arkansas's four congressional districts. This replaces population-based district shares covering 70% of the first 150 seats. Another 25 seats go to Arkansas residents statewide. Applicants in both pools must mee… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Breanne Davis (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Matthew J. Shepherd (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Andrew Collins (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Brandon Achor (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Keith Brooks (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Frances Cavenaugh (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Nicole Clowney (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Les D. Eaves (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brian S. Evans (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Fred Allen (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Greg Leding (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Zack Gramlich (Republican), House - Cosponsor: RJ Hawk (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bart Hester (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Justin Boyd (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Lee Johnson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Matt Brown (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John Maddox (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mark Perry (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Aaron Pilkington (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Randy Torres (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dwight Tosh (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kendon Underwood (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Les Warren (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-14 | Senate | Senate Vote - Monday, April 14, 2025 1:45:21 PM | pass | 33 | 2 | | | 2025-04-02 | House | House Vote - Wednesday, April 2, 2025 3:06:20 PM | pass | 97 | 0 | | ## Actions (16) - 2025-04-17: Notification that HB1833 is now Act 806 (House) - 2025-04-15: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House) - 2025-04-14: TO BE ENROLLED (House) - 2025-04-14: Returned from the Senate as passed. (House) - 2025-04-14: Returned to the House as passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Received from the House. (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-04-01: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House) - 2025-03-20: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House) - 2025-03-20: Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House) - 2025-03-20: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House) - 2025-03-18: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE (House) - 2025-03-18: Filed (House) ## Bill text - HB1833 - Introduced, 2025-03-18: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1833.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=806.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related bills - HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. (enacted) - HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO SET PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PROHIBITION OF SOLICITATION OF INJURED INDIV… (failed) - HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (failed) - SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE USE OF ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; AND TO REGULATE ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS FACILITIES. (failed) - HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO PETITION TO SET ASIDE THE SALE OF PROPERTY TO CERTAIN P… (failed) - HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TO REQUIRE THAT A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BE SELECTED A… (failed) ## Sources - [HB1833 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1833.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=806.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related - [HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1265-2025) - [HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1237-2025) - [HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1686-2025) - [SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE US…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-SB440-2025) - [HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1695-2025) - [HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HR1012-2025) - [Arkansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas/bills) - [Arkansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1833-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).