---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"PRACTICE OF CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHESIA\" BY REMOVING SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"PRACTICE OF CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHESIA\" BY REMOVING SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1198"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1198 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Penzo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-14T22:43:58+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-24T20:15:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a046d68e-fc1d-4f7e-a525-9eaa23f81163"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "900b2d6fc17f8f789c2088719e29999e9d6b8826bb379a77288ee470a42f90ac"
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 1198 (2021) — TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "PRACTICE OF CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHESIA" BY REMOVING SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS.

## 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%2FHB1198-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1198** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1198.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **55–31** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and failed. — **50–37** (fail) · lower
- Motion to reconsider HB 1198 passed — **56–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Penzo — primary (person)
- Bragg — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14T22:43:58+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-19T19:18:53+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`
- **2021-03-02T23:53:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T14:28:29+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-04T14:28:33+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04T16:46:37+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-08T20:07:44+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08T20:11:49+00:00** Clincher Motion Failed
- **2021-03-09T19:56:59+00:00** Motion to reconsider HB 1198 passed
- **2021-03-09T19:57:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T22:29:26+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-09T22:29:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T18:36:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T19:31:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T19:32:07+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-17T21:27:54+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-17T21:27:57+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-18T13:29:12+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-24T20:15:34+00:00** Notification that HB1198 is now Act 449 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a046d68e-fc1d-4f7e-a525-9eaa23f81163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).