---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE THE VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD TO PROMULGATE RULES REGARDING TELEHEALTH AND TELEMEDICINE AND TO ISSUE RESTRICTED LICENSES FOR VETERINARIANS."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE THE VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD TO PROMULGATE RULES REGARDING TELEHEALTH AND TELEMEDICINE AND TO ISSUE RESTRICTED LICENSES FOR VETERINARIANS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1099"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1099 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vaught"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-08T18:39:27+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-23T22:24:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5d0c67b-3e90-4ccf-841f-211b23304351"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2cd7574f2851b764bb76f257c87f3a941cf870b62a2bee6d69db2031d65c91e4"
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 1099 (2021) — TO AUTHORIZE THE VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD TO PROMULGATE RULES REGARDING TELEHEALTH AND TELEMEDICINE AND TO ISSUE RESTRICTED LICENSES FOR VETERINARIANS.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1099** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1099.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vaught — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08T18:39:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T20:39:41+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21T20:24:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25T19:26:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-25T21:44:29+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-01-25T21:46:38+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T19:33:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10T20:54:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-10T20:54:51+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-02-10T22:16:55+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-10T22:16:59+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-22T14:58:35+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-02-23T22:24:42+00:00** Notification that HB1099 is now Act 130 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5d0c67b-3e90-4ccf-841f-211b23304351`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).