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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO UPDATE THE VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE ACT; AND TO INCLUDE THERAPISTS, ADDICTION SPECIALISTS, AND COUNSELORS IN THE VOLUNTEER HEALTHCARE PROGRAM."
+description: "TO UPDATE THE VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE ACT; AND TO INCLUDE THERAPISTS, ADDICTION SPECIALISTS, AND COUNSELORS IN THE VOLUNTEER HEALTHCARE PROGRAM."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1439"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1439 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Pilkington"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-02-08T19:32:02+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-27T20:11:33+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/451096f0-bdee-489c-ad1c-f3b3d6e9042c"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "30557200b531d62b3c53dcf5cd6360a46afefe455bf1512e97b93798d3b363d9"
+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 1439 (2021) — TO UPDATE THE VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE ACT; AND TO INCLUDE THERAPISTS, ADDICTION SPECIALISTS, AND COUNSELORS IN THE VOLUNTEER HEALTHCARE PROGRAM.
+
+## 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%2FHB1439-S1.pdf)
+2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1439-S2.pdf)
+3. **HB 1439** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1439.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **89–3** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in. — **87–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C. Tucker — primary (person)
+- Pilkington — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-08T19:32:02+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-02-08T22:42:00+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16T22:57:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-17T20:47:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-17T22:41:27+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-03-17T22:41:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-13T18:48:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-14T19:21:44+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-19T18:30:44+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-04-19T18:31:05+00:00** Amendment # 1 AND 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-04-19T20:49:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-20T20:50:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-20T20:52:03+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1 and Amendment #2.
+- **2021-04-20T23:00:07+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
+- **2021-04-20T23:00:43+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-21T16:56:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-22T18:51:55+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
+- **2021-04-22T18:51:56+00:00** Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
+- **2021-04-22T18:51:58+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-23T18:07:07+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-04-27T20:11:33+00:00** Notification that HB1439 is now Act 968 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/451096f0-bdee-489c-ad1c-f3b3d6e9042c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+