---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODIFY THE PROCEDURE FOR COLLECTION OF SURCHARGES TO FUND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT FUND."
description: "TO MODIFY THE PROCEDURE FOR COLLECTION OF SURCHARGES TO FUND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT FUND."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1201"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1201 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Mayberry", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-15T21:19:26+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-04T14:57:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ee1ca58-e7de-425f-a0a7-df142394bccf"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9423502ce19240cf20c763a2bc51ef8009524f0705ebe10c9a29e0259698ab42"
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 1201 (2021) — TO MODIFY THE PROCEDURE FOR COLLECTION OF SURCHARGES TO FUND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT FUND.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1201** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1201.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Mayberry — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15T21:19:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-19T19:19:34+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27T16:32:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28T19:34:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28T22:26:32+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-01-28T22:26:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T23:37:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01T21:05:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T21:05:28+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-01T22:52:38+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-01T22:52:39+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-02T16:59:35+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-04T14:57:26+00:00** Notification that HB1201 is now Act 263 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ee1ca58-e7de-425f-a0a7-df142394bccf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).