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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE DEATH CERTIFICATE REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR THE SIGNATURE OF THE MEDICAL CERTIFICATE."
+description: "TO AMEND THE DEATH CERTIFICATE REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR THE SIGNATURE OF THE MEDICAL CERTIFICATE."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1659"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1659 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Perry"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-08T17:06:57+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-12T18:28:41+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51fa2a57-c027-4c5e-b8fb-331776b6c78f"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "a5378acb1155f06e2fe7a2ad68a538a05f5322c85689ba4dfeebd642f459481d"
+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 1659 (2021) — TO AMEND THE DEATH CERTIFICATE REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR THE SIGNATURE OF THE MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 1659** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1659.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- D. Wallace — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
+- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
+- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
+- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
+- F. Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Fielding — cosponsor (person)
+- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
+- Hester — cosponsor (person)
+- J. English — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Penzo — cosponsor (person)
+- Ray — cosponsor (person)
+- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott — cosponsor (person)
+- Slape — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Wing — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-08T17:06:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-03-08T22:41:55+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`
+- **2021-03-18T23:03:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-22T18:54:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-22T22:18:36+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-03-22T22:18:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-31T22:48:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-05T20:45:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-05T20:45:45+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2021-04-05T22:00:10+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2021-04-05T22:00:12+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-06T16:12:13+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-04-12T18:28:41+00:00** Notification that HB1659 is now Act 674 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51fa2a57-c027-4c5e-b8fb-331776b6c78f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+