---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL MOTTO OF THE UNITED STATES, \"IN GOD WE TRUST\"."
description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL MOTTO OF THE UNITED STATES, \"IN GOD WE TRUST\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1654"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1654 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Dotson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-04T22:01:43+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-22T18:15:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a1d2663-6516-4fe0-98ca-cd1e1b4b3b76"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "dd79d2470880cc9baf0091600f7809ca0d321511c13094a386ddcd24ad61b692"
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 1654 (2021) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL MOTTO OF THE UNITED STATES, "IN GOD WE TRUST".

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1654** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1654.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **79–8** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- Dotson — primary (person)
- Penzo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04T22:01:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-04T22:50:04+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08T16:48:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T20:02:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T22:45:47+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-09T22:46:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T22:10:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T20:27:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T20:27:36+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-17T21:29:27+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-17T21:29:33+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-18T13:28:33+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-22T18:15:55+00:00** Notification that HB1654 is now Act 410 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a1d2663-6516-4fe0-98ca-cd1e1b4b3b76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).