---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING LOCATIONS FOR AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF A HOME HEALTHCARE SERVICES AGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING LOCATIONS FOR AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF A HOME HEALTHCARE SERVICES AGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1687"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1687 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Penzo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-09T22:20:08+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T18:04:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e93f3300-ace1-44c3-af87-f27993f67f8c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2c6a6d92cee98083a1ab3eb6ef685fec54ae740698e648910f4868393cb1078d"
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 1687 (2021) — TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING LOCATIONS FOR AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF A HOME HEALTHCARE SERVICES AGENCY.

## 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%2FHB1687-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1687-H2.pdf)
3. **HB 1687** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1687.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **29–3** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **84–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Penzo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09T22:20:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-09T22:44:56+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`
- **2021-03-15T13:38:53+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-15T13:38:57+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-15T16:49:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-16T13:43:19+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-16T13:43:23+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-16T16:22:25+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-18T23:00:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T18:53:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T22:21:47+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-22T22:21:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T19:11:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T19:58:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T19:59:25+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-19T22:09:46+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-19T22:09:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-20T14:07:53+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-21T18:04:56+00:00** Notification that HB1687 is now Act 817 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e93f3300-ace1-44c3-af87-f27993f67f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).