---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THAT DECISIONS OF A MUNICIPAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ARE APPEALED TO CIRCUIT COURT UNLESS THE GOVERNING BODY OF A MUNICIPALITY PROVIDES BY ORDINANCE THAT THE GOVERNING BODY SHALL HEAR APPEALS FIRST."
description: "TO CLARIFY THAT DECISIONS OF A MUNICIPAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ARE APPEALED TO CIRCUIT COURT UNLESS THE GOVERNING BODY OF A MUNICIPALITY PROVIDES BY ORDINANCE THAT THE GOVERNING BODY SHALL HEAR APPEALS FIRST."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1660"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1660 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "G. Stubblefield"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-08T18:23:32+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T18:18:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8a94a14-5437-41c6-bb25-e8123aa6d8c0"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "aa25f62a1fcad7307a9d15bd75827654fe39adb6c39fc472bf7cb318f7683245"
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 1660 (2021) — TO CLARIFY THAT DECISIONS OF A MUNICIPAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ARE APPEALED TO CIRCUIT COURT UNLESS THE GOVERNING BODY OF A MUNICIPALITY PROVIDES BY ORDINANCE THAT THE GOVERNING BODY SHALL HEAR APPEALS FIRST.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1660-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1660** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1660.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **76–10** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08T18:23:32+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-08T22:42:06+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`
- **2021-03-10T14:27:53+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-10T14:28:01+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-10T16:00:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-15T21:45:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-16T19:02:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T20:57:49+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-16T20:58:03+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T18:16:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21T21:00:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T21:00:58+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-21T22:30:53+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-21T22:30:54+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-22T14:14:30+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-26T18:18:15+00:00** Notification that HB1660 is now Act 930 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8a94a14-5437-41c6-bb25-e8123aa6d8c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).