---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW; CONCERNING THE NONCHARGE OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CERTAIN UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW; CONCERNING THE NONCHARGE OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CERTAIN UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1212"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1212 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Ladyman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-19T18:51:48+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-25T23:04:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15c46bad-96f2-40b7-9607-1c8856424ff8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1e7913533cd2bdfa5cdba76f8a561b9c619ec2613d09465597d53f45e64c6890"
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 1212 (2021) — TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW; CONCERNING THE NONCHARGE OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CERTAIN UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## 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%2FHB1212-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1212** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1212.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- Ladyman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19T18:51:48+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-19T21:33:28+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`
- **2021-02-02T18:56:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T19:30:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03T19:30:52+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-02-03T22:00:01+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-03T22:00:12+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T00:51:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23T19:26:04+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-23T19:26:17+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-23T19:26:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-23T19:26:19+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-02-23T20:29:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23T20:29:29+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-02-23T22:52:11+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended #1
- **2021-02-23T23:00:34+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-02-23T23:00:43+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T22:22:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25T19:19:17+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-02-25T19:19:20+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-25T19:28:34+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-02-25T23:04:16+00:00** Notification that HB1212 is now Act 153 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15c46bad-96f2-40b7-9607-1c8856424ff8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).