---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING VARIOUS PROCUREMENT METHODS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF PROCUREMENT OFFICIALS; AND TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF PROCUREMENT RULES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING VARIOUS PROCUREMENT METHODS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF PROCUREMENT OFFICIALS; AND TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF PROCUREMENT RULES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1178"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1178 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wardlaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfe9cfd7-a798-428a-a0b1-6efe4ae294c2"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a2eb223fd32a74a1a9de8bb48e89b523c931a43322d14a6cad1be98f5d64bdea"
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 1178 (2019) — TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING VARIOUS PROCUREMENT METHODS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF PROCUREMENT OFFICIALS; AND TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF PROCUREMENT RULES.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=HB1178-H1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **HB 1178** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1178.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wardlaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-16** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** 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`
- **2019-01-30** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-04** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2019-02-04** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-04** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-02-06** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Received from the House.
- **2019-02-06** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-02-25** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2019-02-25** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-02-27** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-02-27** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2019-02-27** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2019-03-07** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-03-07** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-03-11** Notification that HB1178 is now Act 419 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfe9cfd7-a798-428a-a0b1-6efe4ae294c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).