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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; AND TO AMEND THE PENALTY FOR THE KNOWING REFUSAL OF RIGHT OF ENTRY AND INSPECTION TO DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PERSONNEL."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; AND TO AMEND THE PENALTY FOR THE KNOWING REFUSAL OF RIGHT OF ENTRY AND INSPECTION TO DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PERSONNEL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1836"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1836 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Vaught"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-29T17:50:09+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T18:00:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bb17202-f7b5-4b89-8b37-cafa01798889"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "47fcb68e3c8f659fa8f06e1f48c3db7708b19292dec7e9704cdc88935cee3482"
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 1836 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; AND TO AMEND THE PENALTY FOR THE KNOWING REFUSAL OF RIGHT OF ENTRY AND INSPECTION TO DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PERSONNEL.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1836-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1836** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1836.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed. — **330** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **900** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **960** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-29T17:50:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-29T23:06:18+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`
- **2021-04-01T23:43:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05T19:33:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T21:56:31+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-05T21:56:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T13:38:32+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-04-08T13:38:39+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-08T18:10:13+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-08T18:10:24+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:39:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T20:04:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T20:06:13+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-14T21:49:29+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-14T21:49:36+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T18:12:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19T18:25:14+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-19T18:25:17+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-20T14:07:14+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-21T18:00:34+00:00** Notification that HB1836 is now Act 812 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bb17202-f7b5-4b89-8b37-cafa01798889`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).