---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROHIBIT A CHANGE TO A DESIGNATED OR NAMED BENEFICIARY OF A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY OR ANNUITY CONTRACT THROUGH A WILL."
description: "TO PROHIBIT A CHANGE TO A DESIGNATED OR NAMED BENEFICIARY OF A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY OR ANNUITY CONTRACT THROUGH A WILL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1801"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1801 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murdock"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18T18:56:53+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T18:17:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7530fd7-e308-4193-8b5b-357a3727523c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f2a707420444583826036bac8d6ded634b8c88c5b900fa23287722dda05c4e98"
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 1801 (2021) — TO PROHIBIT A CHANGE TO A DESIGNATED OR NAMED BENEFICIARY OF A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY OR ANNUITY CONTRACT THROUGH A WILL.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1801** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1801.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Murdock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T18:56:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T22:21:40+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T18:59:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08T19:02:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T21:58:38+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-08T21:58:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T23:10:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21T22:54:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T22:54:35+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-22T00:41:56+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-22T00:41:58+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-22T14:13:43+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-26T18:17:35+00:00** Notification that HB1801 is now Act 925 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7530fd7-e308-4193-8b5b-357a3727523c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).