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Bill TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE EXEMPTIONS FROM FEDERAL MANDATES AND EMPLOYER MANDATES RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE EXEMPTIONS FROM FEDERAL MANDATES AND EMPLOYER MANDATES RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. us/states/ar Arkansas Legislature 2021 HB 1977 Arkansas HB 1977 (2021)
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Arkansas HB 1977 (2021) — TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE EXEMPTIONS FROM FEDERAL MANDATES AND EMPLOYER MANDATES RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19); AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Amendment H1 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB 1977 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Roll call was requested. Five hands were seen. The motion to expunge the vote by which the Emergency Clause failed of adoption failed. — 238 (pass) · upper
  • Emergency Clause failed of adoption. — 2211 (pass) · upper
  • Read the third time and passed. — 2212 (pass) · upper
  • Motion to send HB1977 back to Senate passed — 6032 (pass) · lower
  • Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — 6823 (pass) · lower
  • Motion to expunge the vote by which the Emergency Clause failed of adoption. Motion failed. Roll call was requested. Five hands were seen. The motion to expunge the vote failed. — 2211 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • B. Ballinger — primary (person)
  • Bryant — primary (person)
  • Bentley — cosponsor (person)
  • Crawford — cosponsor (person)
  • Flippo — cosponsor (person)
  • Haak — cosponsor (person)
  • K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
  • Rice — cosponsor (person)
  • Vaught — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-09-30T20:39:33+00:00 Filed introduction
  • 2021-09-30T22:06:43+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
  • 2021-10-01T15:06:12+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 committee-passage
  • 2021-10-04T13:31:25+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
  • 2021-10-04T13:31:33+00:00 Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
  • 2021-10-04T15:24:14+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  • 2021-10-05T17:26:23+00:00 Motion for immediate consideration passed
  • 2021-10-05T17:26:29+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
  • 2021-10-05T17:26:44+00:00 EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
  • 2021-10-05T20:38:36+00:00 Received from the House.
  • 2021-10-05T20:38:57+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2021-10-06T14:12:40+00:00 Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-10-06T14:12:51+00:00 Rules suspended.
  • 2021-10-06T15:29:57+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2021-10-06T15:30:05+00:00 Emergency Clause failed of adoption.
  • 2021-10-06T15:31:03+00:00 Motion to expunge the vote by which the Emergency Clause failed of adoption. Motion failed. Roll call was requested. Five hands were seen. The motion to expunge the vote failed.
  • 2021-10-06T15:32:42+00:00 Motion to expunge the vote by which the vote to expunge the Emergency Clause failed to pass. Voice vote was taken. The motion failed.
  • 2021-10-06T15:32:45+00:00 Roll call was requested. Five hands were seen. The motion to expunge the vote by which the Emergency Clause failed of adoption failed.
  • 2021-10-06T15:33:26+00:00 Motion to suspend the rules and hold HB1977 in the Senate Chamber. The motion was objected to. A voice vote was taken.
  • 2021-10-06T15:36:22+00:00 The motion to suspend the rules to hold HB1977 in the Senate failed
  • 2021-10-06T15:37:31+00:00 Returned to the house as passed, emergency clause failed of adoption.
  • 2021-10-06T15:40:00+00:00 Motion to recall HB1977 from the House. Motion carried.
  • 2021-10-06T16:04:58+00:00 Returned from the Senate as passed with emergency clause failed of adoption
  • 2021-10-06T17:23:44+00:00 Request to Return to Senate
  • 2021-10-06T17:24:44+00:00 Motion to send HB1977 back to Senate passed
  • 2021-10-06T17:24:54+00:00 Returned To the Senate as requested.
  • 2021-10-06T19:26:58+00:00 Returned From the House as requested.
  • 2021-10-07T14:50:08+00:00 Third Reading for Consideration of Emergency Clause only.
  • 2021-10-07T14:50:10+00:00 Motion for Immediate Consideration. Motion carried.
  • 2021-10-07T14:50:11+00:00 Emergency Clause failed of adoption.
  • 2021-10-07T14:51:32+00:00 Returned to the House the Emergency Clause havnig failed to pass.
  • 2021-10-07T15:29:00+00:00 Returned to the House as passed, emergency clause failed of adoption.
  • 2021-10-07T15:29:04+00:00 TO BE ENROLLED
  • 2021-10-07T16:40:38+00:00 Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
  • 2021-10-13T20:45:58+00:00 Notification that HB1977 is now Act 1113 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cbaac1b0-7e45-4f64-97c8-1331326ec2db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).