---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ELIMINATE THE WAITING LIST FOR THE ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES WAIVER PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS THE \"DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WAIVER\"."
description: "TO ELIMINATE THE WAITING LIST FOR THE ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES WAIVER PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS THE \"DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WAIVER\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1491"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1491 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-18"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e440a066-6974-498f-9230-50e1d1dc7ba9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8b87081d0f9d8e4dd2aaa57e4f60c23fc292a8fbbefe5b47dbeab9976c4e5d8b"
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 1491 (2019) — TO ELIMINATE THE WAITING LIST FOR THE ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES WAIVER PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS THE "DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WAIVER".

## 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=HB1491-S1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **HB 1491** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1491.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-18** 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`
- **2019-02-26** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** Received from the House.
- **2019-02-28** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-04-04** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2019-04-04** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-04-05** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-04-05** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2019-04-05** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2019-04-09** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-04-10** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-04-17** Notification that HB1491 is now Act 1033 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e440a066-6974-498f-9230-50e1d1dc7ba9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).