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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE POWER OF A MUNICIPALITY TO VACATE A PUBLIC STREET OR ALLEY; AND TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO VACATE AND ABANDON A STREET OR ALLEY WHEN ALL PROPERTY ABUTTING THE STREET OR ALLEY IS OWNED BY A MUSEUM."
+description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE POWER OF A MUNICIPALITY TO VACATE A PUBLIC STREET OR ALLEY; AND TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO VACATE AND ABANDON A STREET OR ALLEY WHEN ALL PROPERTY ABUTTING THE STREET OR ALLEY IS OWNED BY A MUSEUM."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1777"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1777 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nicks", "R. Murdock"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-29T19:38:43+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-13T15:27:30+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08f00296-4fcc-4b81-aff7-fbf3aeb982b2"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "aad26d9b666f89fc866ddfbcd3821a8ebb8881feae0456f685f9165afa3e33a5"
+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 1777 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE POWER OF A MUNICIPALITY TO VACATE A PUBLIC STREET OR ALLEY; AND TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO VACATE AND ABANDON A STREET OR ALLEY WHEN ALL PROPERTY ABUTTING THE STREET OR ALLEY IS OWNED BY A MUSEUM.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 843** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=843.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **HB 1777** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1777.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nicks — primary (person)
+- R. Murdock — primary (person)
+- D. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-29T19:38:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-29T23:24:25+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-03T16:40:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-04T23:17:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05T03:50:40+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-04-05T17:52:21+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-06T15:55:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-07T16:16:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-07T16:16:44+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
+- **2023-04-07T17:03:01+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-07T17:03:03+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-10T12:46:06+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-04-13T15:27:30+00:00** Notification that HB1777 is now Act 843 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08f00296-4fcc-4b81-aff7-fbf3aeb982b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+