---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTION OF SENIORS FROM PREDATORY PRACTICES; AND SAFEGUARDING AGAINST FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF RETIREES FOR ARKANSANS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTION OF SENIORS FROM PREDATORY PRACTICES; AND SAFEGUARDING AGAINST FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF RETIREES FOR ARKANSANS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1391"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1391 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Wing"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03T17:36:23+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T18:49:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90bec0c6-009c-4280-a05e-de0de056c0c0"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7e6efcecaaa317f170bc601af166ab4ec9a3c007bdaae6f7cfa56da484c16506"
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 1391 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTION OF SENIORS FROM PREDATORY PRACTICES; AND SAFEGUARDING AGAINST FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF RETIREES FOR ARKANSANS.

## 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%2FHB1391-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1391-H2.pdf)
3. **HB 1391** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1391.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- Wing — primary (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03T17:36:23+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-03T22:40:17+00:00** In accordance with House Rule 39 Read the first time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE JOURNAL; ENGROSSED AND ENROLLED BILLS `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T13:36:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-31T13:36:52+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31T15:17:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-31T22:39:27+00:00** In accordance with House Rule 39 Read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12T22:55:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14T13:32:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-14T13:32:20+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14T16:51:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-15T18:35:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T22:23:25+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-15T22:23:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T00:42:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T23:03:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T23:03:15+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-23T00:50:29+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-23T00:50:32+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-23T18:07:26+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-29T18:49:01+00:00** Notification that HB1391 is now Act 1015 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90bec0c6-009c-4280-a05e-de0de056c0c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).