---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE PROCESS GOVERNING THE DISCLOSURE OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE'S GROSS SALARY AMOUNT UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE PROCESS GOVERNING THE DISCLOSURE OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE'S GROSS SALARY AMOUNT UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1626"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1626 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03T20:56:11+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-12T18:19:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b79ae8db-3cc7-4811-9436-5f39734ff0cb"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "57bc817e5a70c6f4621e8e79eed02798f538c96d561d1b6202ca20c999f75e8c"
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 1626 (2021) — TO AMEND THE PROCESS GOVERNING THE DISCLOSURE OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE'S GROSS SALARY AMOUNT UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1626** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1626.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03T20:56:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-03T22:45:25+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T18:06:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01T19:18:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T21:09:42+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-01T21:09:58+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T22:52:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07T20:14:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T20:14:54+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-07T22:00:55+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-07T22:00:58+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-08T14:43:23+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-12T18:19:26+00:00** Notification that HB1626 is now Act 658 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b79ae8db-3cc7-4811-9436-5f39734ff0cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).