---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH COMPULSORY TRAINING STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES FOR THE RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF STRESS, SELF-CARE TECHNIQUES, MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, AND RESILIENCY."
description: "TO ESTABLISH COMPULSORY TRAINING STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES FOR THE RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF STRESS, SELF-CARE TECHNIQUES, MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, AND RESILIENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1938"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1938 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wing"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-15T16:23:56+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T20:39:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/051d320b-d1d1-4f5f-afe5-cc9105ee9e47"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a7844cace357ef680d5dd896f1552134fae43beedecb0ab13e0b8688916a7a63"
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 1938 (2021) — TO ESTABLISH COMPULSORY TRAINING STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES FOR THE RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF STRESS, SELF-CARE TECHNIQUES, MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, AND RESILIENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1938** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1938.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **86–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wing — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-15T16:23:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-15T22:43:03+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`
- **2021-04-19T18:07:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T19:00:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T23:31:57+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-20T23:32:09+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T18:19:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27T16:48:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T16:49:00+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-27T17:05:10+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-27T17:05:12+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-28T16:23:48+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-30T20:39:14+00:00** Notification that HB1938 is now Act 1081 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/051d320b-d1d1-4f5f-afe5-cc9105ee9e47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).