---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODERNIZE AND STRENGTHEN NURSING FACILITY STAFFING STANDARDS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS."
description: "TO MODERNIZE AND STRENGTHEN NURSING FACILITY STAFFING STANDARDS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1776"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1776 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Evans"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-17T19:35:42+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T18:32:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a6d0dab-40e0-40bb-a862-48aae774e3ce"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "bbb2482de4edf31ebdc8c55483a9685ababdc47204679d4629338ba9590a8586"
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 1776 (2021) — TO MODERNIZE AND STRENGTHEN NURSING FACILITY STAFFING STANDARDS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1776** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1776.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **86–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Evans — primary (person)
- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Bledsoe — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Clowney — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- D. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- F. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hawks — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- J. Hendren — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Jett — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- L. Chesterfield — cosponsor (person)
- L. Eads — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- M. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- M. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- V. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)
- Womack — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-17T19:35:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-17T21:57:19+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`
- **2021-04-01T23:39:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05T19:32:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T21:55:16+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-05T21:55:27+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T23:03:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12T20:18:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T20:18:44+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-12T21:46:58+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-12T21:47:00+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-13T13:44:16+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-14T18:32:45+00:00** Notification that HB1776 is now Act 715 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a6d0dab-40e0-40bb-a862-48aae774e3ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).