---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CODIFY EXECUTIVE ORDERS 20-18 AND 20-34 TO ENSURE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO COMBAT COVID-19; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO CODIFY EXECUTIVE ORDERS 20-18 AND 20-34 TO ENSURE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO COMBAT COVID-19; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1521"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1521 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilmore", "McCollum"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-22T20:34:49+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T17:11:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d75f5786-8a92-4f66-ba70-4aa893a150a9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6188fc9c54d8b09edd1e17883054007d33677bf565d01dbcd38326816632e505"
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 1521 (2021) — TO CODIFY EXECUTIVE ORDERS 20-18 AND 20-34 TO ENSURE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO COMBAT COVID-19; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1521-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1521** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1521.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **80–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T20:34:49+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T22:09:50+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`
- **2021-02-25T19:08:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01T19:46:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T19:47:00+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-01T22:44:43+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-01T22:44:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T14:34:41+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-03T14:34:51+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-03T19:14:34+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-03T19:14:48+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T00:12:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11T21:44:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T21:44:34+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-11T21:44:59+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-03-11T23:37:04+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-12T14:37:18+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T23:47:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29T18:13:40+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-03-29T18:13:44+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-30T14:02:21+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-01T17:11:01+00:00** Notification that HB1521 is now Act 510 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d75f5786-8a92-4f66-ba70-4aa893a150a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).