---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ORGANIZATION, STAFFING, AND PERSONNEL MATTERS."
description: "CONCERNING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ORGANIZATION, STAFFING, AND PERSONNEL MATTERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1197"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1197 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Dalby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-14T21:54:07+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-01T22:57:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8c2ae80-2a23-473c-83ec-bfb41793e270"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "961cbd842a2701e55416edf77d5e8bda731a6fa33567394fede2b8d8c69b55c6"
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 1197 (2021) — CONCERNING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ORGANIZATION, STAFFING, AND PERSONNEL MATTERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1197** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1197.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Dalby — primary (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14T21:54:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-19T19:18:32+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T21:24:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-02T19:30:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02T21:07:33+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-02T21:07:50+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T19:55:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24T20:35:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T20:35:40+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-02-24T22:52:28+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-24T22:52:30+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-25T14:51:58+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-01T22:57:30+00:00** Notification that HB1197 is now Act 218 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8c2ae80-2a23-473c-83ec-bfb41793e270`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).