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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO ENCOURAGE HOME-BASED ENTREPRENEURSHIP; AND TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO WORKING FROM HOME."
+description: "TO ENCOURAGE HOME-BASED ENTREPRENEURSHIP; AND TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO WORKING FROM HOME."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1416"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1416 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["M. Johnson", "Underwood"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-04T17:23:55+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-12T18:19:49+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a8a0837-e94f-4786-a7ff-3ae025c9416d"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "f6f1dc90db3ced2287f4883facdd7552cf545a8a306c2348526ff7eb93ae4399"
+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 1416 (2021) — TO ENCOURAGE HOME-BASED ENTREPRENEURSHIP; AND TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO WORKING FROM HOME.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1416-H1.pdf)
+2. **HB 1416** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1416.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–4** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- M. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Underwood — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-04T17:23:55+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-02-04T22:25:04+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-09T14:34:13+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-03-09T14:34:16+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-09T18:55:39+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-03-10T23:11:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-11T19:44:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-11T22:05:46+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-03-11T22:05:58+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06T18:26:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-07T20:11:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-07T20:12:10+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2021-04-07T22:01:39+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2021-04-07T22:01:41+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-08T14:43:35+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-04-12T18:19:49+00:00** Notification that HB1416 is now Act 659 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a8a0837-e94f-4786-a7ff-3ae025c9416d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+