---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REVISE CERTAIN ARKANSAS LAWS APPLICABLE TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CODE OF ARKANSAS RULES."
description: "TO REVISE CERTAIN ARKANSAS LAWS APPLICABLE TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CODE OF ARKANSAS RULES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1216"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1216 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dotson", "J. Dismang"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19T19:42:43+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-04T19:33:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d7d748d-5775-4f6e-be43-2ecc184a2bb0"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0cc4af218e1ae5e322fbc1219a78351451ec29023e087034c2bd1b199db867c2"
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 1216 (2021) — TO REVISE CERTAIN ARKANSAS LAWS APPLICABLE TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CODE OF ARKANSAS RULES.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1216** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1216.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dotson — primary (person)
- J. Dismang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19T19:42:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-19T21:34:29+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`
- **2021-01-21T18:22:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25T19:22:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-25T21:50:23+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-01-25T21:50:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T22:40:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01T20:34:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01T20:34:54+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-02-01T21:26:13+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-01T21:26:15+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-01T22:02:32+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-02-04T19:33:33+00:00** Notification that HB1216 is now Act 64 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d7d748d-5775-4f6e-be43-2ecc184a2bb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).