---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE MINIMUM WAGE ACT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND TO AMEND THE SECTION REGARDING RELIEF FROM LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYERS THAT IMPACTS PORTIONS OF THE LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 5 OF 2018."
description: "TO AMEND THE MINIMUM WAGE ACT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND TO AMEND THE SECTION REGARDING RELIEF FROM LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYERS THAT IMPACTS PORTIONS OF THE LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 5 OF 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1227"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1227 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Eads", "Wardlaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-21T19:43:57+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-09T16:23:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5119669-27be-433a-b031-48d5b60cb3d9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f491f612d54bef9b277486cdef9a43f77458bc91bfe0bd4441e7cadac171080a"
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 1227 (2021) — TO AMEND THE MINIMUM WAGE ACT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND TO AMEND THE SECTION REGARDING RELIEF FROM LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYERS THAT IMPACTS PORTIONS OF THE LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 5 OF 2018.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1227** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1227.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- L. Eads — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — primary (person)
- B. Sample — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T19:43:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-21T22:29:07+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`
- **2021-01-28T16:56:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01T19:31:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01T21:20:10+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-01T21:21:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T22:18:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04T20:27:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T20:27:59+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-02-04T21:53:17+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-04T21:53:20+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-05T14:04:50+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-02-09T16:23:43+00:00** Notification that HB1227 is now Act 91 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5119669-27be-433a-b031-48d5b60cb3d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).