---
type: "Bill"
title: "PERMITTING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO TRANSPORT A PERSON IN CRISIS TO A SOBERING CENTER."
description: "PERMITTING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO TRANSPORT A PERSON IN CRISIS TO A SOBERING CENTER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1516"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1516 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "J. Sturch"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-22T20:02:46+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-06T16:22:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a1ab550-db6f-4c68-b10f-d01459f5a800"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "49c970ba2aa2fe4fbf1cd2f21085f8c3a05ca980eb1076f34bdc77856db295a2"
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 1516 (2021) — PERMITTING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO TRANSPORT A PERSON IN CRISIS TO A SOBERING CENTER.

## 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%2FHB1516-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1516** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1516.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)
- J. Sturch — primary (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T20:02:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T22:08:47+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`
- **2021-03-02T14:35:22+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-02T14:35:25+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02T16:56:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-10T01:07:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10T20:04:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T22:17:35+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-10T22:17:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T22:54:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01T19:53:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T19:53:59+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-01T22:20:54+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-01T22:20:58+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-05T14:49:39+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-06T16:22:57+00:00** Notification that HB1516 is now Act 587 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a1ab550-db6f-4c68-b10f-d01459f5a800`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).