---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE A STUDY ON THE COMMERCIAL APPLICATION OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGY TO RECLAIM AND REPURPOSE SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL RODS."
description: "TO CREATE A STUDY ON THE COMMERCIAL APPLICATION OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGY TO RECLAIM AND REPURPOSE SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL RODS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1890"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1890 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ladyman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-08T14:03:05+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T20:55:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0df08e34-c788-4e1a-b88a-576692726ef4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ad56a863542c57c6c23d5d66406171296812f64efb1904bf90f052b0d355685c"
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 1890 (2021) — TO CREATE A STUDY ON THE COMMERCIAL APPLICATION OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGY TO RECLAIM AND REPURPOSE SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL RODS.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1890** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1890.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ladyman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-08T14:03:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-08T23:16:06+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`
- **2021-04-15T18:12:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19T18:49:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T22:53:17+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-19T22:53:29+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T02:40:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26T21:40:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T21:40:16+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-26T23:01:41+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-26T23:01:44+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T15:11:22+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-30T20:55:27+00:00** Notification that HB1890 is now Act 1092 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0df08e34-c788-4e1a-b88a-576692726ef4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).