---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE GABO'S LAW; TO ALLOW FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE TO BE PROVIDED TO INJURED POLICE DOGS; AND TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY."
description: "TO CREATE GABO'S LAW; TO ALLOW FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE TO BE PROVIDED TO INJURED POLICE DOGS; AND TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1152"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1152 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-12T16:19:46+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-20T18:09:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1f04853-a383-4d42-b17d-10f9dc49b07e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "60b4d239c843647fc2b132a9034f168811cafd6ae04cd592144c56311a57baef"
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 1152 (2021) — TO CREATE GABO'S LAW; TO ALLOW FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE TO BE PROVIDED TO INJURED POLICE DOGS; AND TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY.

## 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%2FHB1152-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1152-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1152** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1152.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)
- D. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12T16:19:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-12T19:53:52+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T14:37:05+00:00** Re-referred to reassign to transfer to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25T14:39:54+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-01-25T14:39:57+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-25T16:45:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-02T23:55:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03T19:37:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T22:54:11+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-03T22:55:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T13:14:05+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-29T13:14:14+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-29T18:16:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-29T18:16:36+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T18:17:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12T19:34:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T19:35:12+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-04-12T21:42:25+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-12T21:42:32+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T21:53:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T18:20:10+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-15T18:20:13+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-16T13:41:21+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-20T18:09:20+00:00** Notification that HB1152 is now Act 790 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1f04853-a383-4d42-b17d-10f9dc49b07e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).