---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE PROCESS OF EVALUATION OF STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; TO REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF A REPORT; AND TO RECOMMEND THE ABOLITION OF A STATE BOARD OR COMMISSION FOR FAILURE TO SUBMIT A REPORT."
description: "TO AMEND THE PROCESS OF EVALUATION OF STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; TO REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF A REPORT; AND TO RECOMMEND THE ABOLITION OF A STATE BOARD OR COMMISSION FOR FAILURE TO SUBMIT A REPORT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1356"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1356 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Dotson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-01T18:05:37+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-08T19:03:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f36d5d11-3afd-4e71-8bba-19bccf6dd578"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c2a1133568a45decf1816b55b8e1414f8ad9f349ab7944eacf407e1426a8d3f0"
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 1356 (2021) — TO AMEND THE PROCESS OF EVALUATION OF STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; TO REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF A REPORT; AND TO RECOMMEND THE ABOLITION OF A STATE BOARD OR COMMISSION FOR FAILURE TO SUBMIT A REPORT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1356-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1356** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1356.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- Dotson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01T18:05:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-01T21:51:11+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`
- **2021-02-03T18:59:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04T19:40:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T23:41:23+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-04T23:41:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T23:34:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24T19:26:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-24T19:26:55+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-24T21:53:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-01T21:15:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T21:16:30+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-03-01T22:53:44+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-01T22:53:51+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T17:29:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T19:21:46+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-03-04T19:21:51+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-05T16:32:12+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-08T19:03:56+00:00** Notification that HB1356 is now Act 276 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f36d5d11-3afd-4e71-8bba-19bccf6dd578`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).