---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DESIGNATED ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN AN AREA WITH ENTITIES AUTHORIZED TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DESIGNATED ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN AN AREA WITH ENTITIES AUTHORIZED TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1228"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1228 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-21T19:46:54+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-25T18:09:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a09d5223-970a-4b07-a5cd-5bc87d4faa04"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "711c4f016f522a29df2ec165696574513c223c4a927ff4330ba83312284951b9"
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 1228 (2021) — TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DESIGNATED ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN AN AREA WITH ENTITIES AUTHORIZED TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1228** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1228.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **54–21** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **18–14** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and failed. — **12–19** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T19:46:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-21T22:29:33+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`
- **2021-02-03T19:05:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04T19:43:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T23:15:37+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-04T23:15:50+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T18:25:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T20:04:23+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T20:04:36+00:00** EXPUNGED
- **2021-04-20T20:28:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T20:28:42+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-20T23:02:00+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-20T23:02:02+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-21T15:23:26+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-25T18:09:22+00:00** Notification that HB1228 is now Act 874 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a09d5223-970a-4b07-a5cd-5bc87d4faa04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).