---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY."
description: "TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1262"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1262 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-25T20:19:24+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-09T16:24:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/253249d9-b068-40c3-ab80-c35f18bcac75"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "890fcbc3ae6853c3aeb83c7ffe1742a9055349848165da754d561bc9fdfa9069"
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 1262 (2021) — TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1262** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1262.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25T20:19:24+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-25T21:41:30+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`
- **2021-01-27T16:26:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28T19:27:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28T22:34:25+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-01-28T22:34:38+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T21:15:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04T20:31:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T20:31:34+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-02-04T21:54:02+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-04T21:54:05+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-05T14:04:42+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-02-09T16:24:29+00:00** Notification that HB1262 is now Act 93 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/253249d9-b068-40c3-ab80-c35f18bcac75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).