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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE EXEMPTIONS FROM FEDERAL MANDATES AND EMPLOYER MANDATES RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+description: "TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE EXEMPTIONS FROM FEDERAL MANDATES AND EMPLOYER MANDATES RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 739"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 739 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryant", "K. Hammer"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-09-29T15:51:53+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-10-13T15:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e105fe62-4abf-4e62-9557-854a9552438b"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "1305e72367f638eccb3a93f47e89e93940e396dbf6c3e4a73f9661f58132aa9d"
+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 SB 739 (2021) — TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE EXEMPTIONS FROM FEDERAL MANDATES AND EMPLOYER MANDATES RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); 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%2FSB739-S1.pdf)
+2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB739-S2.pdf)
+3. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB739-S3.pdf)
+4. **SB 739** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB739.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **61–25** (pass) · lower
+- Second Roll call on the Emergency Clause. The Emergency Clause Failed of Adoption. — **23–11** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed. — **21–12** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Expunge the Failed Emergency Clause. Voice vote taken and the motion failed. Roll call requested. Five hands were seen. — **23–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryant — primary (person)
+- K. Hammer — primary (person)
+- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
+- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
+- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
+- Haak — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
+- Rice — cosponsor (person)
+- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-09-29T15:51:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-09-29T17:30:19+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-09-29T18:55:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-09-30T17:23:36+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-10-01T19:02:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-10-04T14:08:11+00:00** Amendments 1 and 2 withdrawn
+- **2021-10-04T14:08:35+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-10-04T14:08:47+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-10-04T15:24:55+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-10-04T15:25:00+00:00** Rules suspended.
+- **2021-10-04T17:14:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-10-04T17:16:01+00:00** Emergency Clause Failed of Adoption
+- **2021-10-04T17:16:05+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which the Emergency Clause failed to pass. Motion carried.
+- **2021-10-04T17:16:10+00:00** Second Roll call on the Emergency Clause. The Emergency Clause Failed of Adoption.
+- **2021-10-04T17:16:30+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Failed Emergency Clause. Voice vote taken and the motion failed. Roll call requested. Five hands were seen.
+- **2021-10-04T17:16:35+00:00** Motion to Expunge the vote by which the Emergency Clause failed to pass failed.
+- **2021-10-04T17:17:00+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House as passed with the Emergency Clause having failed of adoption.
+- **2021-10-04T18:13:25+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2021-10-04T23:20:38+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`
+- **2021-10-05T15:39:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-10-06T16:32:11+00:00** Motion to postpone vote temporarily passed
+- **2021-10-06T19:49:42+00:00** Motion to take SB739 off the table passed
+- **2021-10-06T19:49:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-10-06T19:50:13+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
+- **2021-10-07T01:00:47+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2021-10-07T01:00:51+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2021-10-07T15:35:57+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2021-10-07T15:36:00+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-10-13T15:00:00+00:00** Notification that SB739 is now Act 1115 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e105fe62-4abf-4e62-9557-854a9552438b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+