---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PROCUREMENT LAW; AND TO PROVIDE CLARITY, EQUITY, AND CONSISTENCY IN THE PROCUREMENT LAWS."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PROCUREMENT LAW; AND TO PROVIDE CLARITY, EQUITY, AND CONSISTENCY IN THE PROCUREMENT LAWS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1853"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1853 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzales", "Hester"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-31T21:39:38+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-20T18:13:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f184dcd-9ad5-4a45-9ce7-9e8846a585ad"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3f4b423aae508df3798fc0399dd55a3a00c7c4fbd1d4f636dd8de3666f4969e9"
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 1853 (2021) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PROCUREMENT LAW; AND TO PROVIDE CLARITY, EQUITY, AND CONSISTENCY IN THE PROCUREMENT LAWS.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1853** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1853.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gonzales — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-31T21:39:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-31T22:34:08+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T18:56:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08T18:46:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T22:01:55+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-08T22:02:07+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T22:42:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T21:37:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T21:37:45+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:35:16+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:35:18+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-16T13:39:16+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-20T18:13:16+00:00** Notification that HB1853 is now Act 793 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f184dcd-9ad5-4a45-9ce7-9e8846a585ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).