---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS STUDENT-ATHLETE PUBLICITY RIGHTS ACT."
description: "TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS STUDENT-ATHLETE PUBLICITY RIGHTS ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1671"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1671 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Shepherd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-08T22:57:31+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T17:59:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2969d66-2e94-45b8-ba8e-6572c3983974"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d5b751a90e5204c0938b42ec1d91087a77b4a48b8cac54dbd8a67a0a054fe97f"
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 1671 (2021) — TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS STUDENT-ATHLETE PUBLICITY RIGHTS ACT.

## 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%2FHB1671-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1671-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1671** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1671.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Shepherd — primary (person)
- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Beckham — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Clowney — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- D. Whitaker — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Elliott — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Fielding — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)
- Godfrey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hillman — cosponsor (person)
- Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Hendren — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- L. Chesterfield — cosponsor (person)
- L. Eads — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- M. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Payton — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08T22:57:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-09T22:41:18+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T13:37:24+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-22T13:37:27+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-22T15:32:03+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-23T18:12:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29T18:53:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T22:58:33+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-29T23:01:16+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T13:23:10+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-04-05T13:23:17+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-05T18:12:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-05T18:13:07+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12T18:10:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13T19:31:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T19:32:19+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-13T21:07:44+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-14T18:19:13+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-14T18:19:15+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-15T13:31:46+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-21T17:59:48+00:00** Notification that HB1671 is now Act 810 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2969d66-2e94-45b8-ba8e-6572c3983974`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).