---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH SIMON'S LAW; AND TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENT FOR PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN CONSENT FOR END-OF-LIFE MEDICAL PROCEDURES FOR MINORS."
description: "TO ESTABLISH SIMON'S LAW; AND TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENT FOR PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN CONSENT FOR END-OF-LIFE MEDICAL PROCEDURES FOR MINORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1116"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1116 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dotson", "Hester"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11T18:13:51+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-02T19:10:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0adf1c36-2482-415b-ba80-6e6d06411c15"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "eb5d81ae673360e6b7a3eee1c721c19364d29314491037345791599d4db47091"
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 1116 (2021) — TO ESTABLISH SIMON'S LAW; AND TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENT FOR PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN CONSENT FOR END-OF-LIFE MEDICAL PROCEDURES FOR MINORS.

## 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%2FHB1116-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1116-H2.pdf)
3. **HB 1116** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1116.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dotson — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T18:13:51+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T20:44:43+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`
- **2021-02-03T14:38:37+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-03T14:38:40+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-03T16:16:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-04T17:51:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08T14:39:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-08T14:39:48+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-08T16:12:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-09T19:22:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09T21:41:44+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-09T21:41:58+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T23:09:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25T21:11:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T21:12:06+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-02-25T23:11:21+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-25T23:11:23+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-26T18:10:26+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-02T19:10:28+00:00** Notification that HB1116 is now Act 226 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0adf1c36-2482-415b-ba80-6e6d06411c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).