---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING SCRAP METAL DEALERS; AND TO REQUIRE BUYERS OF USED CATALYTIC CONVERTERS TO MAINTAIN RECORDS."
description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING SCRAP METAL DEALERS; AND TO REQUIRE BUYERS OF USED CATALYTIC CONVERTERS TO MAINTAIN RECORDS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1012"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1012 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rye"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-12-02T14:23:59+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T20:40:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da3a3a91-9a03-4e45-8f6f-d07ea8bb34ce"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6ee70d4bd5f39e06c294c9b35f8b6e292e9bc44b20b439bb72eecab595845ef9"
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 1012 (2021) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING SCRAP METAL DEALERS; AND TO REQUIRE BUYERS OF USED CATALYTIC CONVERTERS TO MAINTAIN RECORDS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1012-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1012-H2.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1012-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1012** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1012.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **19–9** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and failed. — **16–10** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rye — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-02T14:23:59+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T20:10:36+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T13:36:21+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-30T13:36:28+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-30T15:55:57+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-07T13:36:31+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-07T13:36:34+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-07T16:17:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-14T16:18:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T18:47:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T22:20:39+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-15T22:20:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T20:27:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T18:27:31+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-22T18:27:42+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-22T21:34:27+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-23T00:52:14+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T00:52:40+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which HB1012 failed to pass. Motion passed.
- **2021-04-23T00:52:45+00:00** The vote by which HB1012 Failed to Pass was expunged.
- **2021-04-26T21:09:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T21:09:52+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-26T23:09:34+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-26T23:09:44+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T18:50:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T19:00:02+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2021-04-27T21:02:22+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T21:02:26+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-28T16:23:03+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-30T20:40:47+00:00** Notification that HB1012 is now Act 1083 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da3a3a91-9a03-4e45-8f6f-d07ea8bb34ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).