---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROHIBIT THE STATE FROM MANDATING A VACCINE OR IMMUNIZATION FOR CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); TO GOVERN REQUIREMENTS FOR A VACCINE OR IMMUNIZATION FOR CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO PROHIBIT THE STATE FROM MANDATING A VACCINE OR IMMUNIZATION FOR CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); TO GOVERN REQUIREMENTS FOR A VACCINE OR IMMUNIZATION FOR CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1547"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1547 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Lundstrum"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-23T21:01:02+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-28T19:31:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b15a3f1-9feb-42b7-b769-19b0f00d1d41"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "90b98a525d17fbda43e2e8036b0b7795fe8463bc13784ed4443c26a8bb3c6649"
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 1547 (2021) — TO PROHIBIT THE STATE FROM MANDATING A VACCINE OR IMMUNIZATION FOR CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); TO GOVERN REQUIREMENTS FOR A VACCINE OR IMMUNIZATION FOR CORONAVIRUS 2019 (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 H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1547-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1547-H2.pdf)
3. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1547-H3.pdf)
4. **Amendment H4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1547-H4.pdf)
5. **HB 1547** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1547.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **21–8** (pass) · upper
- EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED — **28–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — primary (person)
- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Bledsoe — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Deffenbaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- Tollett — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23T21:01:02+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-23T23:09:12+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`
- **2021-03-15T13:37:35+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-15T13:37:37+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-15T16:48:51+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-17T13:33:32+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-17T13:33:36+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-17T18:05:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-29T14:00:13+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-29T14:00:16+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-29T18:06:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-12T13:36:57+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-12T13:37:03+00:00** Amendment No. 4 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-12T16:06:06+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-14T00:09:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14T20:12:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T20:12:16+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-14T22:20:12+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-14T22:20:27+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19T23:04:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21T20:46:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T20:46:45+00:00** Emergency Clause failed of adoption.
- **2021-04-21T20:46:52+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which the Emergency Clause failed of adoption. Motion passed.
- **2021-04-21T20:47:08+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-21T20:47:45+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-21T22:29:58+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-21T22:30:00+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-22T14:14:51+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-28T19:31:45+00:00** Notification that HB1547 is now Act 977 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b15a3f1-9feb-42b7-b769-19b0f00d1d41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).