---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF \"WAGES\" IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW."
description: "TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF \"WAGES\" IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1409"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1409 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Lundstrum"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-03T20:28:21+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-15T18:04:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99c8dc11-a9a7-4487-bbd1-8a9c97cf9233"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4e1fd4f98a923dc6d35fab4f8532db2700fd90cf41184678826e0a19732fb151"
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 1409 (2021) — TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF "WAGES" IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1409** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1409.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — primary (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03T20:28:21+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-03T22:45:00+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`
- **2021-03-03T00:04:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03T19:41:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T23:01:06+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-03T23:01:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T00:09:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11T21:23:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T21:23:33+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:27:56+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:27:58+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-12T15:46:45+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-15T18:04:53+00:00** Notification that HB1409 is now Act 368 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99c8dc11-a9a7-4487-bbd1-8a9c97cf9233`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).