---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING RETIRED DISTRICT COURT JUDGES; AND CONCERNING APPOINTED SPECIAL JUDGES."
description: "CONCERNING RETIRED DISTRICT COURT JUDGES; AND CONCERNING APPOINTED SPECIAL JUDGES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1616"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1616 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03T18:41:07+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T18:05:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/730bb515-7a36-4200-a061-a90918fa87b4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d97cd96644cd6a9f14474efa5d28e6156be41d9f62e860306bff3ff8bf37a277"
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 1616 (2021) — CONCERNING RETIRED DISTRICT COURT JUDGES; AND CONCERNING APPOINTED SPECIAL JUDGES.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1616** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1616.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03T18:41:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-03T22:42:50+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`
- **2021-03-16T21:58:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17T20:40:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T22:45:47+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-17T22:47:24+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T19:04:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T19:52:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T19:52:36+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-19T22:09:25+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-19T22:09:27+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-20T14:08:05+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-21T18:05:33+00:00** Notification that HB1616 is now Act 818 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/730bb515-7a36-4200-a061-a90918fa87b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).