---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING BUSINESS LIABILITY FOR A PERSON EXPOSED TO CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "CONCERNING BUSINESS LIABILITY FOR A PERSON EXPOSED TO CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1487"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1487 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilmore", "Gonzales"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-10T20:32:34+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T18:07:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b63fe0a-a868-4006-ac9a-027548c2a226"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a5d8f31a990ddc2ac3b38bee2667db27966dcbc73ef12c6030c707ab06fddbaf"
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 1487 (2021) — CONCERNING BUSINESS LIABILITY FOR A PERSON EXPOSED TO CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1487** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1487.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **79–11** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Gonzales — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10T20:32:34+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-10T23:22:14+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T22:29:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15T18:40:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T18:40:43+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-15T21:36:12+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-15T21:36:23+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T18:26:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T20:24:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T20:25:00+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-31T20:25:07+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:45:43+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:45:45+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-01T13:48:30+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-05T18:07:06+00:00** Notification that HB1487 is now Act 559 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b63fe0a-a868-4006-ac9a-027548c2a226`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).