---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AFFIRM THE RIGHT OF A MUNICIPALITY TO DECLARE THE MUNICIPALITY A PRO-LIFE CITY."
description: "TO AFFIRM THE RIGHT OF A MUNICIPALITY TO DECLARE THE MUNICIPALITY A PRO-LIFE CITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1544"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1544 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Stubblefield", "Underwood"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-23T19:44:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T18:13:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77c9e4d6-966f-47f9-9c54-6ce0c8853214"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9fed2d068717b979c2847c7b4ad71cb5180020d2d273828664017145fe53e215"
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 1544 (2021) — TO AFFIRM THE RIGHT OF A MUNICIPALITY TO DECLARE THE MUNICIPALITY A PRO-LIFE CITY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1544** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1544.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **76–16** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **29–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)
- Underwood — primary (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23T19:44:04+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-23T23:08:33+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T22:38:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02T19:32:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T20:37:36+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-02T20:37:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T19:12:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15T19:05:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T19:05:22+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-15T21:01:02+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-15T21:01:03+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-16T13:36:39+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-17T18:13:30+00:00** Notification that HB1544 is now Act 392 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77c9e4d6-966f-47f9-9c54-6ce0c8853214`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).