---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT OF 1973 CONCERNING FUNDING."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT OF 1973 CONCERNING FUNDING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1214"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1214 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wardlaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19T19:08:31+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-15T18:06:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d78e722-5850-444e-9fed-6ac6dafb30bd"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a2daf940bc8ce5475c3d3959d48b3abac604c9ad74e33cd3520ff71a9def030c"
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 1214 (2021) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT OF 1973 CONCERNING FUNDING.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1214** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1214.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wardlaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19T19:08:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-19T21:33:57+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T19:09:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-02T19:25:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02T21:09:16+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-02T21:09:43+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T23:20:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11T20:16:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T20:17:00+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:26:15+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:26:17+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-12T15:47:49+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-15T18:06:14+00:00** Notification that HB1214 is now Act 372 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d78e722-5850-444e-9fed-6ac6dafb30bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).