---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE PRISON CONSTRUCTION TRUST FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "CONCERNING THE PRISON CONSTRUCTION TRUST FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1158"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1158 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Sturch", "M. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-12T17:25:59+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-02T19:06:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c481e6e-af18-4d3b-990e-6263859bc5d1"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "44ed6508d1796530f6d3e7b2f94f0f783510e47dbfdbbb6744639784ff424ccf"
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 1158 (2021) — CONCERNING THE PRISON CONSTRUCTION TRUST FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1158** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1158.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Sturch — primary (person)
- M. Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12T17:25:59+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-12T19:55:18+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T22:40:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01T19:37:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01T19:37:58+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-02-01T21:17:00+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-01T21:17:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T19:37:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25T21:18:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T21:19:00+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-02-25T21:19:19+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-02-25T23:12:10+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-25T23:12:12+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-26T18:09:55+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-02T19:06:55+00:00** Notification that HB1158 is now Act 224 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c481e6e-af18-4d3b-990e-6263859bc5d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).