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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO PROHIBIT THE STATE FROM MANDATING A VACCINE OR IMMUNIZATION FOR CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); TO GOVERN REQUIREMENTS FOR A VACCINE OR IMMUNIZATION FOR CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
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description: "TO PROHIBIT THE STATE FROM MANDATING A VACCINE OR IMMUNIZATION FOR CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); TO GOVERN REQUIREMENTS FOR A VACCINE OR IMMUNIZATION FOR CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1547"
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citation: "Arkansas HB 1547 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Lundstrum"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2021-02-23T21:01:02+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-04-28T19:31:45+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b15a3f1-9feb-42b7-b769-19b0f00d1d41"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "90b98a525d17fbda43e2e8036b0b7795fe8463bc13784ed4443c26a8bb3c6649"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
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---
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# Arkansas HB 1547 (2021) — TO PROHIBIT THE STATE FROM MANDATING A VACCINE OR IMMUNIZATION FOR CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); TO GOVERN REQUIREMENTS FOR A VACCINE OR IMMUNIZATION FOR CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1547-H1.pdf)
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2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1547-H2.pdf)
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3. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1547-H3.pdf)
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4. **Amendment H4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1547-H4.pdf)
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5. **HB 1547** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1547.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **78–1** (pass) · lower
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- Read the third time and passed. — **21–8** (pass) · upper
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- EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED — **28–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- B. Davis — primary (person)
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- Lundstrum — primary (person)
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- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Barker — cosponsor (person)
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- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Beck — cosponsor (person)
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- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
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- Bledsoe — cosponsor (person)
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- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
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- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
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- Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
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- Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
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- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
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- Deffenbaugh — cosponsor (person)
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- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
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- Evans — cosponsor (person)
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- Furman — cosponsor (person)
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- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- Haak — cosponsor (person)
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- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
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- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
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- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
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- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
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- McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
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- McNair — cosponsor (person)
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- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
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- Penzo — cosponsor (person)
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- Rye — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)
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- Tollett — cosponsor (person)
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- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
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- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
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- Warren — cosponsor (person)
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- Watson — cosponsor (person)
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- Wing — cosponsor (person)
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- Wooten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-23T21:01:02+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2021-02-23T23:09:12+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`
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- **2021-03-15T13:37:35+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-03-15T13:37:37+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-15T16:48:51+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-03-17T13:33:32+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-03-17T13:33:36+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-17T18:05:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-03-29T14:00:13+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-03-29T14:00:16+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-29T18:06:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-04-12T13:36:57+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-04-12T13:37:03+00:00** Amendment No. 4 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-12T16:06:06+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-04-14T00:09:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-14T20:12:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-14T20:12:16+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- **2021-04-14T22:20:12+00:00** Received from the House.
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- **2021-04-14T22:20:27+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-19T23:04:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-21T20:46:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-21T20:46:45+00:00** Emergency Clause failed of adoption.
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- **2021-04-21T20:46:52+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which the Emergency Clause failed of adoption. Motion passed.
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- **2021-04-21T20:47:08+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- **2021-04-21T20:47:45+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
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- **2021-04-21T22:29:58+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
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- **2021-04-21T22:30:00+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
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- **2021-04-22T14:14:51+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
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- **2021-04-28T19:31:45+00:00** Notification that HB1547 is now Act 977 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b15a3f1-9feb-42b7-b769-19b0f00d1d41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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