---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING CONTRACTORS; TO REQUIRE REGISTRATION OF ROOFING CONTRACTORS; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS COMMITTEE TO ISSUE ROOFING CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING CONTRACTORS; TO REQUIRE REGISTRATION OF ROOFING CONTRACTORS; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS COMMITTEE TO ISSUE ROOFING CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1800"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1800 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowery"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-18T18:55:18+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T20:27:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d901630-8055-4ea5-a166-a3a41984a263"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "747eb2bdcac95c1155fab8aec7ceeb94a7bb8587ad312366049af7b8b00b85ed"
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 1800 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING CONTRACTORS; TO REQUIRE REGISTRATION OF ROOFING CONTRACTORS; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS COMMITTEE TO ISSUE ROOFING CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES.

## 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%2FHB1800-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1800** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1800.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and failed. — **47–19** (fail) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **52–21** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **29–3** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **69–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowery — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T18:55:18+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T22:21:28+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`
- **2021-04-09T00:43:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T18:28:48+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T20:26:50+00:00** Motion to reconsider HB 1800 passed
- **2021-04-19T20:27:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T22:46:34+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-19T22:46:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T02:47:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass, as amended, Amendment #1. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T18:33:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-22T18:34:03+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-22T21:38:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-23T01:30:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T01:30:55+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-23T02:02:25+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-23T02:02:36+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T22:12:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T16:57:53+00:00** Motion to rerefer back to committee failed
- **2021-04-27T16:59:16+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T16:59:18+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-28T16:26:48+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-30T20:27:56+00:00** Notification that HB1800 is now Act 1072 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d901630-8055-4ea5-a166-a3a41984a263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).