---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY\"."
description: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 677"
citation: "Arkansas SB 677 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-12T21:07:24+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T19:12:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cea4b6c9-bbbe-40d2-b689-65ece24d24be"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "dfb9477af9cd82f970f0e6b76c6347a11b397e15428a7c08afe2585fbe80f82c"
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 SB 677 (2021) — TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY".

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 677** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB677.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-12T21:07:24+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-12T21:56:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T19:09:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T19:28:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T19:28:41+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-19T22:16:15+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-19T23:12:51+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`
- **2021-04-21T00:49:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T20:59:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T20:59:58+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-22T01:56:39+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-22T01:56:47+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-22T17:16:47+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-22T17:16:59+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T19:12:43+00:00** Notification that SB677 is now Act 905 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cea4b6c9-bbbe-40d2-b689-65ece24d24be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).