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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL MOTTO OF THE UNITED STATES, \"IN GOD WE TRUST\"."
+description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL MOTTO OF THE UNITED STATES, \"IN GOD WE TRUST\"."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1654"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1654 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Dotson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-04T22:01:43+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-03-22T18:15:55+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a1d2663-6516-4fe0-98ca-cd1e1b4b3b76"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "dd79d2470880cc9baf0091600f7809ca0d321511c13094a386ddcd24ad61b692"
+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 1654 (2021) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL MOTTO OF THE UNITED STATES, "IN GOD WE TRUST".
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 1654** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1654.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **79–8** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
+- Dotson — primary (person)
+- Penzo — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-04T22:01:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-03-04T22:50:04+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-08T16:48:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-09T20:02:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-09T22:45:47+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-03-09T22:46:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16T22:10:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-17T20:27:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-17T20:27:36+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2021-03-17T21:29:27+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2021-03-17T21:29:33+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-03-18T13:28:33+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-03-22T18:15:55+00:00** Notification that HB1654 is now Act 410 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a1d2663-6516-4fe0-98ca-cd1e1b4b3b76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+