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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO TRANSFER THE OUACHITA RIVER COMMISSION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, AND TOURISM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+description: "TO TRANSFER THE OUACHITA RIVER COMMISSION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, AND TOURISM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1726"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1726 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Shepherd", "T. Garner"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-15T15:24:09+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-26T18:18:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98ff2605-02e9-4e37-82fb-30861257b52f"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "f64bbc6c836e006fba04123c65d3900a3c306c587893c37df0362905598ea10d"
+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 1726 (2021) — TO TRANSFER THE OUACHITA RIVER COMMISSION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, AND TOURISM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
+
+## 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%2FHB1726-H1.pdf)
+2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1726-H2.pdf)
+3. **HB 1726** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1726.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Shepherd — primary (person)
+- T. Garner — primary (person)
+- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Barker — cosponsor (person)
+- Beckham — cosponsor (person)
+- Bragg — cosponsor (person)
+- Fielding — cosponsor (person)
+- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
+- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
+- McClure — cosponsor (person)
+- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Womack — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-15T15:24:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-03-15T22:01:24+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-29T14:03:05+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-03-29T14:03:16+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-29T18:07:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-03-30T13:38:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-03-30T13:38:57+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-30T15:57:04+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-12T18:01:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-13T18:48:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-13T18:48:05+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2021-04-13T21:21:53+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-04-13T21:22:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-20T18:07:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-21T21:19:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-21T21:19:48+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2021-04-21T21:19:58+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2021-04-22T00:40:05+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2021-04-22T00:40:07+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-22T14:14:14+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-04-26T18:18:00+00:00** Notification that HB1726 is now Act 928 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98ff2605-02e9-4e37-82fb-30861257b52f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+