---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL TO ADMINISTER CERTAIN EMERGENCY PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS TO A PATIENT WHO HAS A SPECIFIC HEALTH CONDITION."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL TO ADMINISTER CERTAIN EMERGENCY PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS TO A PATIENT WHO HAS A SPECIFIC HEALTH CONDITION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1177"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1177 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-13T20:36:29+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T18:08:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71d49f10-9595-48d6-857b-02d7aa58d818"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e804dc0f186300247a41a838915bd09579164f6f1dde1a247af0c3013696cb1a"
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 1177 (2021) — TO AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL TO ADMINISTER CERTAIN EMERGENCY PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS TO A PATIENT WHO HAS A SPECIFIC HEALTH CONDITION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1177-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1177** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1177.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13T20:36:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13T22:03:11+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`
- **2021-02-23T19:03:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24T19:19:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T23:30:08+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-24T23:30:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T13:30:17+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-16T13:30:24+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-16T18:13:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-16T18:13:56+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:48:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T19:03:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T19:05:25+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-14T21:48:27+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-14T21:48:36+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T18:12:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19T18:24:19+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-19T18:24:21+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-20T14:10:14+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-21T18:08:58+00:00** Notification that HB1177 is now Act 827 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71d49f10-9595-48d6-857b-02d7aa58d818`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).