---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY; TO AUTHORIZE THE AGENCY TO ADMINISTER THE SECTION 404 PERMITTING PROGRAM OF THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT IN LIEU OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY; TO AUTHORIZE THE AGENCY TO ADMINISTER THE SECTION 404 PERMITTING PROGRAM OF THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT IN LIEU OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1261"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1261 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Eads", "Ladyman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-25T19:55:34+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-08T19:05:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d603701c-308b-48c8-aa5a-6c594ff1c98b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7be15693edc41953117362f9dcfe77a0828cdc2735ee1248f7a5a1502653c7a6"
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 1261 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY; TO AUTHORIZE THE AGENCY TO ADMINISTER THE SECTION 404 PERMITTING PROGRAM OF THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT IN LIEU OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

## 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%2FHB1261-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1261** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1261.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- L. Eads — primary (person)
- Ladyman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25T19:55:34+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-25T21:41:16+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`
- **2021-02-01T14:30:58+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-01T14:31:06+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-01T16:42:57+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-09T19:06:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T20:02:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-10T21:44:13+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-10T21:44:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T22:47:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04T20:40:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T20:41:05+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-04T22:04:40+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-04T22:04:43+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-05T16:32:35+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-08T19:05:26+00:00** Notification that HB1261 is now Act 285 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d603701c-308b-48c8-aa5a-6c594ff1c98b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).