---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO GRANT FULL PRACTICE AUTHORITY TO CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIVES."
description: "TO GRANT FULL PRACTICE AUTHORITY TO CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIVES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1215"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1215 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-19T19:34:56+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-07T18:20:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33e40eaa-8d3d-4e6b-8991-8991156084ab"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "32c5dda56a3316449b2a9ce1024d53415c8b9969abac6e71a067eeece957bb5f"
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 1215 (2021) — TO GRANT FULL PRACTICE AUTHORITY TO CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIVES.

## 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%2FHB1215-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1215-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1215** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1215.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **88–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **84–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19T19:34:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-19T21:34:18+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`
- **2021-02-23T19:03:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24T14:23:56+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-24T14:24:00+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24T17:40:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-25T19:35:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T22:29:31+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-25T22:30:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T14:33:11+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-03T14:33:19+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-03T19:16:17+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-03T19:16:32+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08T23:03:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09T20:51:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T20:51:43+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-03-09T21:33:54+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-09T21:34:02+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T23:29:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31T18:17:19+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-03-31T18:17:22+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-01T13:48:59+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-07T18:20:56+00:00** Notification that HB1215 is now Act 607 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33e40eaa-8d3d-4e6b-8991-8991156084ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).