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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; AND TO AMEND THE PENALTY FOR THE KNOWING REFUSAL OF RIGHT OF ENTRY AND INSPECTION TO DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PERSONNEL."
+description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; AND TO AMEND THE PENALTY FOR THE KNOWING REFUSAL OF RIGHT OF ENTRY AND INSPECTION TO DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PERSONNEL."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1836"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1836 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Vaught"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-29T17:50:09+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-21T18:00:34+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bb17202-f7b5-4b89-8b37-cafa01798889"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "47fcb68e3c8f659fa8f06e1f48c3db7708b19292dec7e9704cdc88935cee3482"
+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 1836 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; AND TO AMEND THE PENALTY FOR THE KNOWING REFUSAL OF RIGHT OF ENTRY AND INSPECTION TO DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PERSONNEL.
+
+## 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%2FHB1836-S1.pdf)
+2. **HB 1836** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1836.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- B. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Vaught — primary (person)
+- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-29T17:50:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-03-29T23:06:18+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`
+- **2021-04-01T23:43:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-05T19:33:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-05T21:56:31+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-04-05T21:56:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-08T13:38:32+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
+- **2021-04-08T13:38:39+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-04-08T18:10:13+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-08T18:10:24+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-13T18:39:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-14T20:04:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-14T20:06:13+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
+- **2021-04-14T21:49:29+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2021-04-14T21:49:36+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-15T18:12:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-19T18:25:14+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
+- **2021-04-19T18:25:17+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-20T14:07:14+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-04-21T18:00:34+00:00** Notification that HB1836 is now Act 812 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bb17202-f7b5-4b89-8b37-cafa01798889`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+