---
type: "Bill"
title: "REQUIRING A CORRECTIONAL OR DETENTION FACILITY OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO ESTABLISH A POLICY TO OFFER MAMMOGRAMS AND PROSTATE SCREENINGS TO INMATES AND DETAINEES, AS APPROPRIATE."
description: "REQUIRING A CORRECTIONAL OR DETENTION FACILITY OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO ESTABLISH A POLICY TO OFFER MAMMOGRAMS AND PROSTATE SCREENINGS TO INMATES AND DETAINEES, AS APPROPRIATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1793"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1793 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Scott"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-18T17:56:48+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-03T21:16:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70e52f41-f387-4bda-a04c-d433dd367a6f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b6f97dde5e3b34d78787e8d67cd51107b2265c8671591c6c68c93b673dddc00f"
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 1793 (2021) — REQUIRING A CORRECTIONAL OR DETENTION FACILITY OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO ESTABLISH A POLICY TO OFFER MAMMOGRAMS AND PROSTATE SCREENINGS TO INMATES AND DETAINEES, AS APPROPRIATE.

## 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%2FHB1793-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1793-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1793** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1793.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- Scott — primary (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Elliott — cosponsor (person)
- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- L. Eads — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- V. Flowers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T17:56:48+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T22:20:00+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`
- **2021-04-07T13:34:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-07T13:34:40+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-07T16:15:55+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-12T18:02:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13T18:51:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T21:20:35+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-13T21:20:46+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T18:56:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T18:33:03+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-22T18:33:13+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-22T21:36:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-23T01:29:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T01:29:15+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-23T02:00:48+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-23T02:00:55+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T16:55:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T16:37:46+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T16:37:48+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-28T16:27:01+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-05-03T21:16:07+00:00** Notification that HB1793 is now Act 1107 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70e52f41-f387-4bda-a04c-d433dd367a6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).