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type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE THAT CLEAR FACE MASK COVERINGS BE WORN BY CERTAIN PERSONS IF INTERACTING WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING DURING CERTAIN DISASTER EMERGENCIES."
description: "TO REQUIRE THAT CLEAR FACE MASK COVERINGS BE WORN BY CERTAIN PERSONS IF INTERACTING WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING DURING CERTAIN DISASTER EMERGENCIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1502"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1502 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-22T16:00:55+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T16:28:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aef00c0e-f8db-4440-81af-c2c7dc632cad"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c0284d8cfe15f5cee5e8c0e8274c38f96df024b1eade57e995ae778e8a267400"
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 1502 (2021) — TO REQUIRE THAT CLEAR FACE MASK COVERINGS BE WORN BY CERTAIN PERSONS IF INTERACTING WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING DURING CERTAIN DISASTER EMERGENCIES.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 1502** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1502.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **850** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- C. Fite — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-22T16:00:55+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T22:05:02+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`
- **2021-03-10T01:07:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10T20:02:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T22:15:08+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-10T22:15:24+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T22:28:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06T19:14:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:14:47+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-06T21:35:47+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-06T21:35:53+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-07T14:17:19+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-13T16:28:18+00:00** Notification that HB1502 is now Act 697 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aef00c0e-f8db-4440-81af-c2c7dc632cad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).