---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE THE HVACR LICENSING BOARD TO ESTABLISH CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR A SPECIFIC CLASS OF LICENSE."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE THE HVACR LICENSING BOARD TO ESTABLISH CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR A SPECIFIC CLASS OF LICENSE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1712"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1712 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "Lynch"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-11T20:13:58+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-28T19:32:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6148239-6045-4103-9ea8-d1613849ca7a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c7f575057451df730da9523a7e227bffb3fb1aa1aae70132d1c2f50b10429ddd"
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 1712 (2021) — TO AUTHORIZE THE HVACR LICENSING BOARD TO ESTABLISH CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR A SPECIFIC CLASS OF LICENSE.

## 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%2FHB1712-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1712** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1712.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **52–37** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **19–3** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and failed. — **45–27** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)
- Lynch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11T20:13:58+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-11T23:34:51+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`
- **2021-03-17T22:52:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23T18:35:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-23T18:35:15+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-23T20:56:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-23T20:56:14+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T18:55:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08T18:39:18+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T20:17:23+00:00** Motion to reconsider HB 1712 passed
- **2021-04-12T20:17:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T22:06:43+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-12T22:06:54+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T18:55:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T23:54:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T23:55:24+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-23T00:52:20+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-23T00:52:22+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-23T18:06:04+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-28T19:32:16+00:00** Notification that HB1712 is now Act 978 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6148239-6045-4103-9ea8-d1613849ca7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).