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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO MODERNIZE AND STRENGTHEN NURSING FACILITY STAFFING STANDARDS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS."
+description: "TO MODERNIZE AND STRENGTHEN NURSING FACILITY STAFFING STANDARDS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1776"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1776 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Evans"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-17T19:35:42+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-14T18:32:45+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a6d0dab-40e0-40bb-a862-48aae774e3ce"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "bbb2482de4edf31ebdc8c55483a9685ababdc47204679d4629338ba9590a8586"
+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 1776 (2021) — TO MODERNIZE AND STRENGTHEN NURSING FACILITY STAFFING STANDARDS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 1776** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1776.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **86–1** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **32–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- D. Wallace — primary (person)
+- Evans — primary (person)
+- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Barker — cosponsor (person)
+- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bledsoe — cosponsor (person)
+- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
+- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
+- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
+- Clowney — cosponsor (person)
+- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Garner — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
+- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
+- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
+- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
+- F. Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
+- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
+- Haak — cosponsor (person)
+- Hawks — cosponsor (person)
+- Hester — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Hendren — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
+- Jean — cosponsor (person)
+- Jett — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Chesterfield — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Eads — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
+- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
+- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
+- Ray — cosponsor (person)
+- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)
+- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
+- V. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
+- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
+- Warren — cosponsor (person)
+- Wing — cosponsor (person)
+- Womack — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-17T19:35:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-03-17T21:57:19+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`
+- **2021-04-01T23:39:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-05T19:32:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-05T21:55:16+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-04-05T21:55:27+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-07T23:03:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-12T20:18:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-12T20:18:44+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2021-04-12T21:46:58+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2021-04-12T21:47:00+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-13T13:44:16+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-04-14T18:32:45+00:00** Notification that HB1776 is now Act 715 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a6d0dab-40e0-40bb-a862-48aae774e3ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+