---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF HIGHWAY TURNBACK FUNDS BY A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF HIGHWAY TURNBACK FUNDS BY A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1690"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1690 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Fite", "M. Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-10T18:44:38+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T18:30:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ad06d09-1c15-4ef1-8aeb-e707130057b6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ec3bdcd0d908b3ed1260583724ae7f14f4723d7e37f56f7d6d15627da852a59f"
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 1690 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF HIGHWAY TURNBACK FUNDS BY A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1690** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1690.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- L. Fite — primary (person)
- M. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10T18:44:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-10T23:43:51+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`
- **2021-03-15T21:45:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-16T19:05:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T21:00:01+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-16T21:00:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T18:23:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12T19:50:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T19:50:54+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-12T21:45:29+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-12T21:45:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-13T13:44:52+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-14T18:30:26+00:00** Notification that HB1690 is now Act 709 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ad06d09-1c15-4ef1-8aeb-e707130057b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).