---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING OCCUPATIONAL CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS; AND TO ENSURE THAT LICENSEES WHO WERE LICENSED PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF ACTS 2019, NO. 990, ARE ALLOWED TO MAINTAIN THEIR LICENSES."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING OCCUPATIONAL CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS; AND TO ENSURE THAT LICENSEES WHO WERE LICENSED PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF ACTS 2019, NO. 990, ARE ALLOWED TO MAINTAIN THEIR LICENSES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1520"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1520 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["F. Allen", "L. Chesterfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-22T20:20:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-19T18:21:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76874457-7fa3-401a-a4ad-b45e205aebcf"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "03173e192604e202faea31767cfff7bbc67a30507f4ba48d5552dee175ef554b"
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 1520 (2021) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING OCCUPATIONAL CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS; AND TO ENSURE THAT LICENSEES WHO WERE LICENSED PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF ACTS 2019, NO. 990, ARE ALLOWED TO MAINTAIN THEIR LICENSES.

## 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%2FHB1520-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1520-H2.pdf)
3. **HB 1520** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1520.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **77–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- F. Allen — primary (person)
- L. Chesterfield — primary (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T20:20:04+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T22:09:39+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`
- **2021-03-18T23:01:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T13:36:44+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-22T13:36:46+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-22T15:31:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-29T20:37:55+00:00** Motion to refer back to committee passed
- **2021-03-29T20:38:33+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T13:36:37+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-31T13:36:39+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31T15:04:56+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-01T23:38:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05T19:24:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T21:35:26+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-05T21:35:43+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:47:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T19:27:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T19:27:31+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-14T21:58:36+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-14T21:58:38+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-15T13:43:03+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-19T18:21:03+00:00** Notification that HB1520 is now Act 762 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76874457-7fa3-401a-a4ad-b45e205aebcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).