---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT; AND TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF \"PERSONAL INFORMATION\" IN THE PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT; AND TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF \"PERSONAL INFORMATION\" IN THE PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1943"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1943 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cavenaugh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3182a81f-b12e-4449-95e1-bb9d678c4514"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2cf916ad67d77994b5be33e6e94c2bb0c6766866a2f5e1e34cf4e46353ec35e9"
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 1943 (2019) — TO AMEND THE PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT; AND TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "PERSONAL INFORMATION" IN THE PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1943** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1943.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cavenaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-27** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-01** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Received from the House.
- **2019-04-01** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-04-05** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2019-04-05** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-04-08** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-04-08** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2019-04-08** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2019-04-10** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-04-10** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-04-15** Notification that HB1943 is now Act 1030 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3182a81f-b12e-4449-95e1-bb9d678c4514`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).