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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO REQUIRE A SERVICE INDUSTRY LICENSE FOR CERTAIN PERSONS OR ENTITIES RELATED TO CASINO GAMING; AND TO REQUIRE BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR SERVICE INDUSTRY LICENSEES EMPLOYED BY A FRANCHISE HOLDER OR CASINO LICENSEE."
+description: "TO REQUIRE A SERVICE INDUSTRY LICENSE FOR CERTAIN PERSONS OR ENTITIES RELATED TO CASINO GAMING; AND TO REQUIRE BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR SERVICE INDUSTRY LICENSEES EMPLOYED BY A FRANCHISE HOLDER OR CASINO LICENSEE."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1389"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1389 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gramlich", "Stone"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-09T18:28:55+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-03-17T17:20:24+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb2dddd0-09ef-44a9-840b-32f680817cba"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "b52e6b462ee33f9177c2a19d6c2790ca646c75abddb6e18adeaac65114d19c66"
+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 1389 (2023) — TO REQUIRE A SERVICE INDUSTRY LICENSE FOR CERTAIN PERSONS OR ENTITIES RELATED TO CASINO GAMING; AND TO REQUIRE BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR SERVICE INDUSTRY LICENSEES EMPLOYED BY A FRANCHISE HOLDER OR CASINO LICENSEE.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 289** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=289.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **HB 1389** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1389.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gramlich — primary (person)
+- Stone — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-09T18:28:55+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-02-09T22:33:48+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`
+- **2023-03-01T19:25:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-06T20:15:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-06T22:45:41+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-03-06T22:45:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-09T17:34:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-14T19:36:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-14T19:36:56+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2023-03-14T21:12:14+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-03-14T21:12:16+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-03-15T14:58:07+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-03-17T17:20:24+00:00** Notification that HB1389 is now Act 289 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb2dddd0-09ef-44a9-840b-32f680817cba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+