---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AT A RAILROAD CROSSING."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AT A RAILROAD CROSSING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1842"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1842 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Christiansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-30T17:31:15+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-19T18:15:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be68e385-4ea3-480a-84d6-088173a58596"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9faf1f918c8d7ca5bb9d0fefe7fef2bc29d40d89ea9b251c0378312ee357bf14"
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 1842 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AT A RAILROAD CROSSING.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1842** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1842.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- Christiansen — primary (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- D. Whitaker — cosponsor (person)
- Ennett — cosponsor (person)
- Fielding — cosponsor (person)
- Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Slape — cosponsor (person)
- Tollett — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-30T17:31:15+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-30T22:12:57+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T17:09:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07T18:42:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T22:16:29+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-07T22:16:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:23:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T20:07:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T20:07:18+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-14T22:02:56+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-14T22:02:58+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-15T13:45:34+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-19T18:15:35+00:00** Notification that HB1842 is now Act 754 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be68e385-4ea3-480a-84d6-088173a58596`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).