---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING VENOUS BLOOD DRAWS IN CONNECTION WITH A CRIMINAL OFFENSE; AND TO AMEND § 5-65-204."
description: "CONCERNING VENOUS BLOOD DRAWS IN CONNECTION WITH A CRIMINAL OFFENSE; AND TO AMEND § 5-65-204."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1897"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1897 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Bryant"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-08T20:06:24+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-28T19:45:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d26aa773-c6f8-471c-94c1-f16741114fb7"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e54934ecdfe944775f4cfe267d6d69bd34ad4484ae6b5fd0ea0495c26541c966"
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 1897 (2021) — CONCERNING VENOUS BLOOD DRAWS IN CONNECTION WITH A CRIMINAL OFFENSE; AND TO AMEND § 5-65-204.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1897** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1897.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- Bryant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-08T20:06:24+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-08T23:18:07+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T18:15:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19T18:51:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T22:55:20+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-19T22:55:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T02:10:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23T02:30:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T02:30:45+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2021-04-23T03:01:11+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-23T03:01:17+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-23T18:03:44+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-28T19:45:23+00:00** Notification that HB1897 is now Act 990 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d26aa773-c6f8-471c-94c1-f16741114fb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).