---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PRESERVE PUBLIC PROPERTY; TO PRESERVE THE PINE TREE RESEARCH STATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO PRESERVE PUBLIC PROPERTY; TO PRESERVE THE PINE TREE RESEARCH STATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1694"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1694 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Hollowell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-10T19:59:11+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T18:08:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc1876cf-2c8d-42f1-a085-d848790d2964"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "840cf0676a1d685dbc56ea46beb3fbc6ed8e90d0a8a9c6524ede6a155a681ed4"
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 1694 (2021) — TO PRESERVE PUBLIC PROPERTY; TO PRESERVE THE PINE TREE RESEARCH STATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1694** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1694.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **88–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Hollowell — primary (person)
- Murdock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10T19:59:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-10T23:44:53+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T18:09:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T18:31:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T18:31:35+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-22T22:26:32+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-22T22:32:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T23:20:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T20:38:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T20:38:45+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-31T20:38:55+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:47:04+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:47:06+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-01T13:47:57+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-05T18:08:59+00:00** Notification that HB1694 is now Act 564 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc1876cf-2c8d-42f1-a085-d848790d2964`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).