---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CREATION OF A TRUST; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A POWER OF ATTORNEY AS IT RELATES TO THE CREATION AND VALIDITY OF A TRUST."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CREATION OF A TRUST; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A POWER OF ATTORNEY AS IT RELATES TO THE CREATION AND VALIDITY OF A TRUST."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1518"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1518 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Eads", "Penzo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-22T20:06:01+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-20T18:18:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf088d9d-702a-4b89-8113-650a3c0e83bf"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "721fa26a473d55dad3a91a74533b9faa8412beb6d5957a55d55a3613dd3a2064"
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 1518 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CREATION OF A TRUST; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A POWER OF ATTORNEY AS IT RELATES TO THE CREATION AND VALIDITY OF A TRUST.

## 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%2FHB1518-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1518** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1518.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- L. Eads — primary (person)
- Penzo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T20:06:01+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T22:09:16+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`
- **2021-03-15T13:35:26+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-15T13:35:29+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-15T16:47:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-31T01:20:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31T18:36:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T21:31:09+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-31T21:31:18+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T18:29:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T20:27:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T20:28:12+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:32:01+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:32:02+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-16T13:40:39+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-20T18:18:21+00:00** Notification that HB1518 is now Act 804 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf088d9d-702a-4b89-8113-650a3c0e83bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).