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type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODIFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DURING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO MODIFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DURING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 663"
citation: "Arkansas SB 663 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "Irvin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-08T21:00:54+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:26:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08c1f745-4a00-4005-9aa3-6902af1fce0b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "652440808910a82ebe5e3ccbc769440d33148c8b84ecca586d6768f5c09985dd"
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 663 (2021) — TO MODIFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DURING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; 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](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB663-H1.pdf)
2. **SB 663** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB663.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **890** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **350** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Boyd — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-04-08T21:00:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-08T21:37:12+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T19:08:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T18:59:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T19:00:03+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-19T19:00:13+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-19T22:16:01+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-19T23:12:10+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`
- **2021-04-20T18:12:42+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-20T18:12:44+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20T19:03:37+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-21T16:53:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-22T19:29:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T19:29:32+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-22T19:29:43+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-23T02:16:20+00:00** Returned from the House as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-23T02:16:22+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T18:34:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27T16:06:22+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-27T16:06:32+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T16:06:38+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-27T16:06:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T16:07:06+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-27T16:07:10+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T18:56:08+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T18:56:13+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:26:50+00:00** Notification that SB663 is now Act 1055 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08c1f745-4a00-4005-9aa3-6902af1fce0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).