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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAWS REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING; TO ENSURE RESPECTFUL LANGUAGE IS USED REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING; AND TO REMOVE THE TERM \"HEARING IMPAIRED\"."
description: "TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAWS REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING; TO ENSURE RESPECTFUL LANGUAGE IS USED REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING; AND TO REMOVE THE TERM \"HEARING IMPAIRED\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1003"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1003 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "C. Fite"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-11-18T16:17:40+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-09T16:20:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4e95d5e-3f27-4093-a565-a601128f2478"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8a65e5d4cae21c9a092c21817d2060a818434a3c1391220c28e988aa6d5b6947"
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 (2021) — TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAWS REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING; TO ENSURE RESPECTFUL LANGUAGE IS USED REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING; AND TO REMOVE THE TERM "HEARING IMPAIRED".
## 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%2FHB1003-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1003** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1003.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed. — **350** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **931** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- B. Davis — primary (person)
- C. Fite — primary (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-11-18T16:17:40+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T20:07:20+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`
- **2021-01-21T14:37:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-01-21T14:37:56+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-21T15:59:44+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-01-26T16:49:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27T19:20:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-27T23:19:15+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-01-27T23:19:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T22:07:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04T19:28:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T19:28:45+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-02-04T21:50:45+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-04T21:50:49+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-05T14:05:47+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-02-09T16:20:44+00:00** Notification that HB1003 is now Act 84 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4e95d5e-3f27-4093-a565-a601128f2478`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).