---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO INCREASE THE STATE CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM."
description: "TO INCREASE THE STATE CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1766"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1766 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wardlaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-16T21:33:58+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-12T18:17:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7031a13d-1c05-48b3-aee2-bbc5178af9ed"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "24ebc21dda867e7b620cc99e74090a6f61336f81e4bc4a6b065ae15fec43470a"
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 1766 (2021) — TO INCREASE THE STATE CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1766** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1766.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **83–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wardlaw — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16T21:33:58+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T21:51:19+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`
- **2021-03-22T18:02:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23T20:54:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T19:12:02+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-29T19:12:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T18:30:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06T19:26:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:26:44+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-06T21:34:40+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-06T21:34:42+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-07T14:16:54+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-12T18:17:06+00:00** Notification that HB1766 is now Act 654 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7031a13d-1c05-48b3-aee2-bbc5178af9ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).