---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE SCHOOL NURSES TO PARTICIPATE IN NURSING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TO REQUIRE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL NURSES; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN A HEALTH SERVICES SURVEY."
description: "TO REQUIRE SCHOOL NURSES TO PARTICIPATE IN NURSING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TO REQUIRE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL NURSES; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN A HEALTH SERVICES SURVEY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1826"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1826 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "J. Mayberry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-23T17:37:18+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T20:52:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d94db8b-53de-40c3-a3a3-f1216b8df980"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b47f4a089ceecc36cdfb6ca4a2034b25a1086a7c773806b09684b9a6ee781715"
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 1826 (2021) — TO REQUIRE SCHOOL NURSES TO PARTICIPATE IN NURSING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TO REQUIRE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL NURSES; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN A HEALTH SERVICES SURVEY.

## 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%2FHB1826-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1826** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1826.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **56–14** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- J. Mayberry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-23T17:37:18+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-23T22:18:56+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T18:10:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12T13:35:49+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-12T13:35:51+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-12T16:05:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-14T18:28:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T22:26:07+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-14T22:26:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T02:34:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26T21:59:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T21:59:20+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-27T15:11:36+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-30T20:52:25+00:00** Notification that HB1826 is now Act 1089 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d94db8b-53de-40c3-a3a3-f1216b8df980`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).