---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF THE FOUR (4) UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF ARKANSAS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF THE FOUR (4) UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF ARKANSAS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1982"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1982 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "Speaks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-10-05T01:40:08+00:00"
last_action: "2021-10-13T20:46:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe492a08-1916-45cf-8f8a-b2d91baf38b7"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "304cb2ed4ad899259b0e3f3a3778fc15313c7ba2475d86243fc76b6bdb7ab347"
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 1982 (2021) — CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF THE FOUR (4) UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF ARKANSAS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1982-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1982-H2.pdf)
3. **HB 1982** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1982.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Clause failed — **63–28** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **21–12** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **59–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)
- Speaks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-05T01:40:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-10-05T01:51:16+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`
- **2021-10-05T21:30:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-06T13:35:56+00:00** Representative Vaught objected to Amendment #1 Rule 47L moved the bill to the floor calendar
- **2021-10-06T16:23:32+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-10-06T16:23:54+00:00** Amendment No. 1 & 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
- **2021-10-06T17:14:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-10-06T17:14:39+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-06T18:29:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-06T19:22:25+00:00** Motion by Representative Mark Berry for immediate consideration passed
- **2021-10-06T19:22:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-06T19:23:15+00:00** Emergency Clause failed
- **2021-10-06T19:51:24+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-10-06T19:51:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-10-07T01:00:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-07T14:52:54+00:00** Motion for Immediate Consideration. Motion carried.
- **2021-10-07T14:52:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-07T14:53:08+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-10-07T15:29:24+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-10-07T15:29:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-10-07T16:40:55+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-10-13T20:46:19+00:00** Notification that HB1982 is now Act 1114 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe492a08-1916-45cf-8f8a-b2d91baf38b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).