TO AMEND THE MINIMUM WAGE ACT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND TO AMEND THE SECTION REGARDING RELIEF FROM LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYERS THAT IMPACTS PORTIONS OF THE LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 5 OF 2018.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Feb 2021
Introduced Jan 21, 2021
Signed Feb 9, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2021 · House Feb 1, 2021
How they voted
35–0
Passed
Total votes 35
Feb 4, 2021
D
Democratic7
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Feb 9, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that HB1227 is now Act 91
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned From the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeff Wardlaw
RRepublican
P
Lance Eads
RRepublican
Co
Austin McCollum
RRepublican
Co
Bart Hester
RRepublican
Co
Ben Gilmore
RRepublican
Co
Bill Sample
RRepublican
Co
Jane English
RRepublican
Co
Justin Boyd
RRepublican
Co
Kendon Underwood
RRepublican
Co
Les Warren
RRepublican
Co
Michelle Gray
RRepublican
Co
Robin Lundstrum
RRepublican
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