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type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES IS THE AGENCY THAT REGULATES LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES; AND TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE OFFICE OF LONG-TERM CARE."
description: "TO CLARIFY THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES IS THE AGENCY THAT REGULATES LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES; AND TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE OFFICE OF LONG-TERM CARE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 595"
citation: "Arkansas SB 595 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Ladyman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-23T17:45:53+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:04:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0496600-3d32-4ccd-82f7-729600ab86e6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9c86c9ca47a44621e3ffdafd698fd5224daa353139207e5e1486257be0ed7a3f"
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 SB 595 (2021) — TO CLARIFY THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES IS THE AGENCY THAT REGULATES LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES; AND TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE OFFICE OF LONG-TERM CARE.
## 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%2FSB595-H1.pdf)
2. **SB 595** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB595.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **920** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **350** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Ladyman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-23T17:45:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-23T18:28:24+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:37:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T18:51:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T18:51:52+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-14T21:47:02+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-14T22:13:16+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`
- **2021-04-15T18:13:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19T20:50:05+00:00** Motion to rerefer back to committee passed
- **2021-04-19T20:50:12+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T00:44:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T13:39:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-21T13:39:21+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21T16:03:17+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-21T21:15:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T21:15:40+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-22T02:59:59+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-22T03:01:02+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23T02:48:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass, Concur in House, Amendment #1. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26T19:01:12+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-26T19:01:24+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-26T19:01:34+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-26T19:01:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T19:01:52+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T13:32:17+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T13:32:19+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:04:56+00:00** Notification that SB595 is now Act 1017 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0496600-3d32-4ccd-82f7-729600ab86e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).