---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS."
description: "CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1622"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1622 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flippo", "M. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03T20:45:59+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-08T19:45:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/409fdfb9-c7d5-4183-a2cc-3211137b0f3f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "da767548e3e37612566c8eea9e07c6a41428e613594c19d632cc4f4baf9f2716"
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 1622 (2021) — CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1622** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1622.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flippo — primary (person)
- M. Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03T20:45:59+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-03T22:44:23+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`
- **2021-03-12T00:06:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15T18:58:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T21:47:43+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-15T21:48:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T22:47:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T20:40:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T20:40:50+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-05T21:58:14+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-05T21:58:16+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-06T16:15:34+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-08T19:45:24+00:00** Notification that HB1622 is now Act 617 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/409fdfb9-c7d5-4183-a2cc-3211137b0f3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).