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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW; TO MODIFY THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM TO PREVENT, DETECT, AND RECOVER UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FRAUD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW; TO MODIFY THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM TO PREVENT, DETECT, AND RECOVER UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FRAUD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1765"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1765 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Lundstrum"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-16T21:24:40+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-12T18:25:42+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1964f24-933d-4e91-ad0e-bc9ac7f19d05"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "602595b420884956663420426a161900eece6dec530934602d0c3b22177ca03c"
+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 1765 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW; TO MODIFY THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM TO PREVENT, DETECT, AND RECOVER UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FRAUD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
+
+## 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%2FHB1765-S1.pdf)
+2. **HB 1765** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1765.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- K. Hammer — primary (person)
+- Lundstrum — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-16T21:24:40+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-03-16T21:51:07+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`
+- **2021-03-30T23:29:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-31T19:02:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-31T19:02:06+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2021-03-31T21:34:50+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-03-31T21:35:31+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-05T13:23:56+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
+- **2021-04-05T13:24:04+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-04-05T18:14:08+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-05T18:14:27+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-05T22:29:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06T19:22:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-06T19:22:41+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2021-04-06T19:24:03+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
+- **2021-04-06T21:32:34+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2021-04-07T18:16:46+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
+- **2021-04-07T18:16:57+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-08T14:42:42+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-04-12T18:25:42+00:00** Notification that HB1765 is now Act 667 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1964f24-933d-4e91-ad0e-bc9ac7f19d05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+