---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE PHARMACY TECHNICIANS TO ADMINISTER VACCINES AND IMMUNIZATIONS."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE PHARMACY TECHNICIANS TO ADMINISTER VACCINES AND IMMUNIZATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1135"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1135 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "Gilmore"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11T21:48:55+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-22T18:14:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c373e8e5-a5e3-4d34-8396-37ca030d3d3e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e4bd54969d5cf43b9882a09e185ff522ae3c716425b2441c86aec5fd0b69c7be"
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 1135 (2021) — TO AUTHORIZE PHARMACY TECHNICIANS TO ADMINISTER VACCINES AND IMMUNIZATIONS.

## 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%2FHB1135-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1135-H2.pdf)
3. **HB 1135** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1135.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **23–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)
- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T21:48:55+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-12T16:21:41+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`
- **2021-01-19T14:32:32+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-01-19T14:32:41+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-19T16:15:05+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-04T23:07:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08T14:38:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-08T14:39:00+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08T18:44:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-09T19:40:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T22:11:49+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-09T22:12:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T18:35:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T19:07:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T19:08:01+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-17T21:27:39+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-17T21:27:41+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-18T13:29:23+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-22T18:14:12+00:00** Notification that HB1135 is now Act 407 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c373e8e5-a5e3-4d34-8396-37ca030d3d3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).