---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO DEFINE \"VEHICLE\" AS AN EXTENSION OF A PERSON'S HOME; AND TO DEFINE THE TERM \"JOURNEY\" ACROSS ALL APPLICABLE LAWS."
description: "TO DEFINE \"VEHICLE\" AS AN EXTENSION OF A PERSON'S HOME; AND TO DEFINE THE TERM \"JOURNEY\" ACROSS ALL APPLICABLE LAWS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1898"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1898 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wardlaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-08T23:11:52+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-27T19:45:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac147fe0-c318-4b72-a01e-a5cb11ec0976"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6650cea32736d34279fb661a8c593bfbabc192b145797b1f5ea1e7a284f55080"
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 1898 (2021) — TO DEFINE "VEHICLE" AS AN EXTENSION OF A PERSON'S HOME; AND TO DEFINE THE TERM "JOURNEY" ACROSS ALL APPLICABLE LAWS.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1898** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1898.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **28–5** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **80–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wardlaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-08T23:11:52+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-08T23:18:19+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`
- **2021-04-13T18:08:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14T19:33:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T22:30:16+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-14T22:30:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T18:23:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21T23:15:34+00:00** Motion for Immediate Consideration.
- **2021-04-21T23:16:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T23:16:10+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-22T00:45:44+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-22T00:45:45+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-22T14:12:37+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-27T19:45:11+00:00** Notification that HB1898 is now Act 956 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac147fe0-c318-4b72-a01e-a5cb11ec0976`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).