---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY TO AWARD A MEDAL, RIBBON, OR DECORATION TO A MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZED MILITIA; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESENTATION OF AN AWARD TO CERTAIN PERSONS AND GROUPS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY TO AWARD A MEDAL, RIBBON, OR DECORATION TO A MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZED MILITIA; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESENTATION OF AN AWARD TO CERTAIN PERSONS AND GROUPS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1122"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1122 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Berry", "T. Garner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11T20:17:10+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-01T19:04:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5504c953-f3c3-4e2c-ae86-5538fb2fa7f6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8bdcb6644630826c565d4bafc675e7aee85f1052ce88786dfa674c08df2f3d2e"
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 1122 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY TO AWARD A MEDAL, RIBBON, OR DECORATION TO A MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZED MILITIA; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESENTATION OF AN AWARD TO CERTAIN PERSONS AND GROUPS.

## 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%2FHB1122-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1122** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1122.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

- M. Berry — primary (person)
- T. Garner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T20:17:10+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-12T16:16:39+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T14:32:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-02T14:32:44+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-02T16:28:10+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-03T21:16:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04T19:46:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T23:07:01+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-04T23:07:12+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T23:23:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24T20:28:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T20:28:12+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-02-24T22:52:03+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-24T22:52:05+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-25T14:52:21+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-01T19:04:13+00:00** Notification that HB1122 is now Act 183 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5504c953-f3c3-4e2c-ae86-5538fb2fa7f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).