---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS DELTA MUSIC TRAIL ACT; TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND PROVIDE TAX INCENTIVES FOR ART PROJECTS ALONG DESIGNATED MUSIC HIGHWAYS IN THE STATE; AND TO REQUIRE SIGNAGE ALONG DESIGNATED MUSIC HIGHWAYS IN THE STATE."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS DELTA MUSIC TRAIL ACT; TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND PROVIDE TAX INCENTIVES FOR ART PROJECTS ALONG DESIGNATED MUSIC HIGHWAYS IN THE STATE; AND TO REQUIRE SIGNAGE ALONG DESIGNATED MUSIC HIGHWAYS IN THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1965"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1965 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["V. Flowers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ad73f0f-1679-4466-b695-f66769a06c12"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9b31b01a5f81dfba2b53a1970ad9308f6d0a930aecc70460a9486ac3bed78f9b"
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 1965 (2019) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS DELTA MUSIC TRAIL ACT; TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND PROVIDE TAX INCENTIVES FOR ART PROJECTS ALONG DESIGNATED MUSIC HIGHWAYS IN THE STATE; AND TO REQUIRE SIGNAGE ALONG DESIGNATED MUSIC HIGHWAYS IN THE STATE.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 1965** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1965.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **63–12** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- V. Flowers — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-29** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Received from the House.
- **2019-04-04** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2019-04-09** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2019-04-09** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-04-10** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-04-17** Notification that HB1965 is now Act 1066 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ad73f0f-1679-4466-b695-f66769a06c12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).