---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE TIMELINE FOR EMBALMING A DEAD BODY IN THE STATE."
description: "TO AMEND THE TIMELINE FOR EMBALMING A DEAD BODY IN THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1322"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1322 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Stubblefield", "Holcomb"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-27T20:47:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-23T22:25:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d41d97c1-0f28-4c5b-91f1-018f30bf3424"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d025bea8e3d8025e84ff6ed57f07a77cc59ba484632b310bf7d16fa2f3b19d15"
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 1322 (2021) — TO AMEND THE TIMELINE FOR EMBALMING A DEAD BODY IN THE STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1322** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1322.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)
- Holcomb — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27T20:47:04+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-27T22:39:42+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`
- **2021-02-02T18:56:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T19:34:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03T22:02:38+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-03T22:03:07+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T22:29:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10T20:56:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-10T20:56:57+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-02-10T22:17:43+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-10T22:17:49+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-22T14:58:06+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-02-23T22:25:07+00:00** Notification that HB1322 is now Act 132 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d41d97c1-0f28-4c5b-91f1-018f30bf3424`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).