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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN RURAL AREAS OF ARKANSAS; AND TO EXPAND THE OPTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE RACING FACILITIES IN CERTAIN RURAL AREAS."
+description: "TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN RURAL AREAS OF ARKANSAS; AND TO EXPAND THE OPTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE RACING FACILITIES IN CERTAIN RURAL AREAS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1716"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1716 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Holcomb"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-11T21:31:21+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-01T17:22:26+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21404d97-0e99-4174-a9ae-058c1c7ca417"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "099c39ff673ebed8fa69b5a09140a63447a499999705aa127f4fa710c6cd233d"
+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 1716 (2021) — TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN RURAL AREAS OF ARKANSAS; AND TO EXPAND THE OPTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE RACING FACILITIES IN CERTAIN RURAL AREAS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 1716** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1716.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **25–5** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- B. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Holcomb — primary (person)
+- A. Collins — cosponsor (person)
+- Bragg — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
+- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
+- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
+- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
+- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
+- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
+- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
+- Jean — cosponsor (person)
+- Jett — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
+- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
+- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
+- Magie — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Warren — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-11T21:31:21+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-03-11T23:35:40+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-17T18:44:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-18T19:07:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-18T22:34:00+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-03-18T22:34:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-22T23:23:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-30T19:21:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-30T19:21:57+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2021-03-30T19:50:56+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2021-03-30T19:50:58+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-03-31T13:18:33+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-04-01T17:22:26+00:00** Notification that HB1716 is now Act 520 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21404d97-0e99-4174-a9ae-058c1c7ca417`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+