---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODIFY THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS."
description: "TO MODIFY THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1140"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1140 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vaught"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11T22:07:54+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T18:15:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f96e2a46-d31f-421c-82f2-f7bf923b4f19"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2f63449e346aa89d4731c062ea95a0def2818d5bf6a510ed2ee25b12a4ddb9f5"
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 1140 (2021) — TO MODIFY THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1140** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1140.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vaught — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T22:07:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-12T16:22:57+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`
- **2021-02-09T19:06:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T19:58:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-10T21:48:38+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-10T21:48:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T00:07:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15T18:47:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T18:47:55+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-15T20:59:16+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-15T20:59:18+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-16T13:37:53+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-17T18:15:37+00:00** Notification that HB1140 is now Act 396 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f96e2a46-d31f-421c-82f2-f7bf923b4f19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).