---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW; TO MODIFY THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM TO PREVENT, DETECT, AND RECOVER UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FRAUD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW; TO MODIFY THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM TO PREVENT, DETECT, AND RECOVER UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FRAUD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1765"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1765 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Lundstrum"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-16T21:24:40+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-12T18:25:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1964f24-933d-4e91-ad0e-bc9ac7f19d05"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "602595b420884956663420426a161900eece6dec530934602d0c3b22177ca03c"
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 1765 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW; TO MODIFY THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM TO PREVENT, DETECT, AND RECOVER UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FRAUD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1765-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1765** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1765.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16T21:24:40+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T21:51:07+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`
- **2021-03-30T23:29:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31T19:02:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T19:02:06+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-31T21:34:50+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-31T21:35:31+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T13:23:56+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-04-05T13:24:04+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-05T18:14:08+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-05T18:14:27+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T22:29:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06T19:22:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:22:41+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-06T19:24:03+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-04-06T21:32:34+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-07T18:16:46+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-07T18:16:57+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-08T14:42:42+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-12T18:25:42+00:00** Notification that HB1765 is now Act 667 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1964f24-933d-4e91-ad0e-bc9ac7f19d05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).