---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODIFY THE CEMETERY ACT FOR PERPETUALLY MAINTAINED CEMETERIES; AND TO AMEND THE INSOLVENT CEMETERY GRANT FUND ACT."
description: "TO MODIFY THE CEMETERY ACT FOR PERPETUALLY MAINTAINED CEMETERIES; AND TO AMEND THE INSOLVENT CEMETERY GRANT FUND ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1226"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1226 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Irvin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-21T18:49:52+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-15T17:59:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28df4819-d32c-4231-8d19-7e34ebbca7f4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6f676086a473e288dd3159ca27543b2aafc337567cf4b2cfcfd00d0660dfb6ad"
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 1226 (2021) — TO MODIFY THE CEMETERY ACT FOR PERPETUALLY MAINTAINED CEMETERIES; AND TO AMEND THE INSOLVENT CEMETERY GRANT FUND ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1226** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1226.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T18:49:52+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-21T22:28:51+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T17:09:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04T19:15:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T23:11:19+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-04T23:11:35+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T22:46:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10T20:56:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T20:56:46+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-10T22:23:47+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-10T22:23:54+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-11T14:58:50+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-15T17:59:39+00:00** Notification that HB1226 is now Act 343 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28df4819-d32c-4231-8d19-7e34ebbca7f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).