---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND OCCUPATIONAL CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS."
description: "TO AMEND OCCUPATIONAL CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1796"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1796 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cozart", "Hill"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18T18:11:47+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-19T18:11:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/290375d2-3364-4d15-a915-2311b0e95140"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e3029bc819e2753eecf3ba03f73f390a8515ec3db8fe8dfd583e7b7a71b6fcfd"
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 1796 (2021) — TO AMEND OCCUPATIONAL CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1796** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1796.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Cozart — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T18:11:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T22:20:37+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`
- **2021-04-06T23:06:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07T19:03:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T22:14:41+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-07T22:14:53+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:44:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T19:56:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T19:56:33+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-14T22:02:05+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-14T22:02:07+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-15T13:44:56+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-19T18:11:41+00:00** Notification that HB1796 is now Act 748 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/290375d2-3364-4d15-a915-2311b0e95140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).