---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE FIRST AND SECOND DISTRICTS OF THE STATE DISTRICT COURT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "CONCERNING THE FIRST AND SECOND DISTRICTS OF THE STATE DISTRICT COURT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1119"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1119 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Eads", "Lundstrum"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11T19:01:52+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-09T16:22:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/745d1efc-9382-45cc-a443-14a6f7cdefdc"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e7ac3db7576bb89ac42b77266af0af56ef2d884f40df0f8cf56583ea997a67b1"
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 1119 (2021) — CONCERNING THE FIRST AND SECOND DISTRICTS OF THE STATE DISTRICT COURT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1119** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1119.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- L. Eads — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — primary (person)
- Penzo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T19:01:52+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-12T16:15:43+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T21:19:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21T19:35:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-21T19:35:22+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-01-21T21:07:12+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-01-21T21:10:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T19:26:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04T19:46:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T19:47:12+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-02-04T19:47:28+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-02-04T21:52:17+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-04T21:52:21+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-05T14:05:20+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-02-09T16:22:06+00:00** Notification that HB1119 is now Act 87 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/745d1efc-9382-45cc-a443-14a6f7cdefdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).