---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS CODE REGARDING PROCEDURAL ENHANCEMENTS TO ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS OF THE MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX ACT OF 1977."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS CODE REGARDING PROCEDURAL ENHANCEMENTS TO ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS OF THE MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX ACT OF 1977."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1683"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1683 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-09T20:45:45+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T18:18:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3833b466-1077-4ba5-94a9-e9ab29414f2a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4a4bde244dc33fd7e36cef1ace735859b1a95c6838f231f609e173759b85a5dc"
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 1683 (2021) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS CODE REGARDING PROCEDURAL ENHANCEMENTS TO ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS OF THE MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX ACT OF 1977.

## 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%2FHB1683-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1683** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1683.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09T20:45:45+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-09T22:44:00+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`
- **2021-03-17T18:43:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T13:34:16+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-18T13:34:18+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18T15:44:29+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-22T18:28:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T22:20:35+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-22T22:20:36+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T18:16:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21T21:02:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T21:02:25+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-21T22:31:19+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-21T22:31:21+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-22T14:14:24+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-26T18:18:06+00:00** Notification that HB1683 is now Act 929 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3833b466-1077-4ba5-94a9-e9ab29414f2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).