---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING SECURITY PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "CONCERNING SECURITY PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021S2"
identifier: "HB 1003"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1003 (2021S2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Sample", "Slape"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-12-06T14:22:23+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-09T22:14:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f44361b6-9579-4c1d-a564-51ded0861f28"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d4f3d870ca4defd720030494519e440a820f6207a0e4ed1fdf076ef25f88c771"
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 1003 (2021S2) — CONCERNING SECURITY PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1003** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021S2/Public/Searchable/HB1003.pdf)

## Votes

- EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED — **24–9** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **19–13** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Sample — primary (person)
- Slape — primary (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-06T14:22:23+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-12-07T16:16:27+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`
- **2021-12-07T20:10:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-12-08T16:18:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-12-08T16:18:03+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-12-08T16:57:17+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-12-08T16:58:19+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-08T20:24:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-12-09T16:18:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-12-09T16:18:59+00:00** Emergency Clause failed of adoption.
- **2021-12-09T16:43:26+00:00** Ordered returned to the House as passed with the Emergency Clause having failed of adoption.
- **2021-12-09T16:44:00+00:00** Motion to expunge the vote by which the Emergency Clause failed of adoption. Motion carried.
- **2021-12-09T16:45:10+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-12-09T16:45:21+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-12-09T17:05:45+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-12-09T17:05:49+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-12-09T17:05:52+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-12-09T22:14:31+00:00** Notification that HB1003 is now Act 11 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f44361b6-9579-4c1d-a564-51ded0861f28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).