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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO REMOVE THE PRELICENSURE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS EXEMPTION FOR AN INSURANCE ADJUSTER; TO REQUIRE A NONRESIDENT INSURANCE PRODUCER, ADJUSTER, OR CONSULTANT TO MAINTAIN A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING IN THE LICENSEE'S HOME STATE."
+description: "TO REMOVE THE PRELICENSURE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS EXEMPTION FOR AN INSURANCE ADJUSTER; TO REQUIRE A NONRESIDENT INSURANCE PRODUCER, ADJUSTER, OR CONSULTANT TO MAINTAIN A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING IN THE LICENSEE'S HOME STATE."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1239"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1239 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lowery", "M. Pitsch"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-25T18:07:42+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-03-17T18:16:01+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70851cbc-7793-43d8-b988-b10ca93d755d"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "0282f078b83decb73bdc4b8032055b4d96f2a4122ef56799e9a8093907b0a41c"
+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 1239 (2021) — TO REMOVE THE PRELICENSURE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS EXEMPTION FOR AN INSURANCE ADJUSTER; TO REQUIRE A NONRESIDENT INSURANCE PRODUCER, ADJUSTER, OR CONSULTANT TO MAINTAIN A LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING IN THE LICENSEE'S HOME STATE.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1239-S1.pdf)
+2. **HB 1239** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1239.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lowery — primary (person)
+- M. Pitsch — primary (person)
+- J. Hendren — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-25T18:07:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-25T19:42:05+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-03T17:28:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-04T19:39:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-04T21:13:53+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-03-04T21:14:03+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-09T22:49:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-10T19:27:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-03-10T19:27:44+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-03-10T21:13:47+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-03-11T20:22:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-11T20:23:25+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
+- **2021-03-11T23:30:14+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2021-03-16T13:37:27+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-03-17T18:16:01+00:00** Notification that HB1239 is now Act 397 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70851cbc-7793-43d8-b988-b10ca93d755d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+