---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1207"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1207 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19T17:03:31+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-28T19:54:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c913aa8e-43cf-424e-b821-2a7f8e8131e6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ef0698f8999ee1dbece4ba1e612772e6c0f37bb6e3f49735eb0ed92a4f4823b6"
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 1207 (2021) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR.

## 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%2FHB1207-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1207-H2.pdf)
3. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1207-H3.pdf)
4. **Amendment H4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1207-H4.pdf)
5. **Amendment H5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1207-H5.pdf)
6. **HB 1207** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1207.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19T17:03:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-19T19:21:28+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T20:09:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-04T20:09:59+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-04T21:13:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-15T19:10:32+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-15T19:10:35+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-15T21:56:54+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-31T20:00:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-31T20:00:37+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31T20:51:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-05T19:36:53+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-05T19:36:56+00:00** Amendment No. 4 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-05T20:53:29+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-13T16:03:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 5 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14T20:29:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-14T20:29:40+00:00** Amendment No. 5 failed of adoption.
- **2021-04-14T20:55:02+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T15:07:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T19:16:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T19:16:22+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-22T00:09:01+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-22T00:09:11+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22T22:22:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T22:23:15+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-22T22:23:26+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-23T00:50:12+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-23T00:50:14+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-23T18:07:48+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-28T19:54:47+00:00** Notification that HB1207 is now Act 1000 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c913aa8e-43cf-424e-b821-2a7f8e8131e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).