---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENT SECRETARIES; AND TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF A CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL."
description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENT SECRETARIES; AND TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF A CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1480"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1480 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beckham", "M. Berry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-10T20:10:48+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-22T18:18:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77e70b5d-820b-46c7-9227-e535e7a68ae5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "49d734120cfc306c29fc9976775709e8ab15c7f987e2c4db073abc710f6c34ee"
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 1480 (2021) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENT SECRETARIES; AND TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF A CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

## 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%2FHB1480-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1480** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1480.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beckham — primary (person)
- M. Berry — primary (person)
- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- Slape — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10T20:10:48+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-10T23:20:04+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`
- **2021-03-03T17:30:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T14:29:26+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-04T14:29:30+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04T16:47:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-08T20:13:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-08T23:40:16+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-08T23:40:31+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T23:51:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15T19:00:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T19:00:36+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-15T21:00:36+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-15T21:00:37+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-16T13:36:51+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-22T18:18:57+00:00** Notification that HB1480 is now Act 413 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77e70b5d-820b-46c7-9227-e535e7a68ae5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).