---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION INMATE FARM FUND."
description: "CONCERNING THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION INMATE FARM FUND."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1117"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1117 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wardlaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11T18:15:57+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-08T19:05:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcc23652-c875-4060-ae58-40c0c59ce5a3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "796339dea39c84efa7e8fe03bf483d3c66581aab18f3918c4e88399f98a4205d"
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 1117 (2021) — CONCERNING THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION INMATE FARM FUND.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1117** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1117.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

- Wardlaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T18:15:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T20:44:56+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T21:03:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27T20:06:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-27T23:27:42+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-01-27T23:28:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T22:52:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04T20:35:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T20:36:06+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-04T22:04:54+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-04T22:04:56+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-05T16:32:42+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-08T19:05:15+00:00** Notification that HB1117 is now Act 284 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcc23652-c875-4060-ae58-40c0c59ce5a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).