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type: "Bill"
title: "TO BE KNOWN AS THE \"ARKANSAS PHOENIX ACT OF 2021\"; CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES; AND CONCERNING THE TRAINING GIVEN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR SITUATIONS IN WHICH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS SUSPECTED."
description: "TO BE KNOWN AS THE \"ARKANSAS PHOENIX ACT OF 2021\"; CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES; AND CONCERNING THE TRAINING GIVEN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR SITUATIONS IN WHICH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS SUSPECTED."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1721"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1721 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-11T23:37:28+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-20T18:16:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5724f7bd-b517-4a5d-85db-b26820b5b10d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7ef62383fd339f3c9d44f483e08e097e55dae508aeeade8ea921821109ed8f71"
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 1721 (2021) — TO BE KNOWN AS THE "ARKANSAS PHOENIX ACT OF 2021"; CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES; AND CONCERNING THE TRAINING GIVEN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR SITUATIONS IN WHICH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS SUSPECTED.
## 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%2FHB1721-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1721** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1721.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **970** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)
- Bledsoe — cosponsor (person)
- Clowney — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-11T23:37:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-15T21:59:54+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T22:37:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08T13:36:29+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-08T13:36:32+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08T15:38:37+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-12T19:06:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T22:07:15+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-12T22:07:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T18:30:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T20:47:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T20:47:56+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:33:11+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:33:40+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-16T13:40:09+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-20T18:16:43+00:00** Notification that HB1721 is now Act 800 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5724f7bd-b517-4a5d-85db-b26820b5b10d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).