---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO FACILITATE THE CONVERSION OF PLASTICS AND OTHER RECOVERED MATERIALS THROUGH ADVANCED RECYCLING PROCESSES."
description: "TO FACILITATE THE CONVERSION OF PLASTICS AND OTHER RECOVERED MATERIALS THROUGH ADVANCED RECYCLING PROCESSES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1944"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1944 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wing"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-19T20:15:13+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T21:07:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/722cb4ed-4005-4f0f-9336-3a690ead387f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b8d74f7452964ff35322432a70feed7e4acdfe193ef10c38a07124236b7365b6"
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 1944 (2021) — TO FACILITATE THE CONVERSION OF PLASTICS AND OTHER RECOVERED MATERIALS THROUGH ADVANCED RECYCLING PROCESSES.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1944** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1944.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wing — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-19T20:15:13+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-19T23:01:29+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`
- **2021-04-21T16:54:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-22T19:03:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T02:10:00+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-23T02:10:02+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23T03:14:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26T21:56:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T21:56:30+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-26T23:02:37+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-26T23:02:40+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T15:10:57+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-30T21:07:02+00:00** Notification that HB1944 is now Act 1095 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/722cb4ed-4005-4f0f-9336-3a690ead387f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).