---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING BICYCLE SAFETY; AND TO CLARIFY THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF A PERSON OPERATING A BICYCLE."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING BICYCLE SAFETY; AND TO CLARIFY THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF A PERSON OPERATING A BICYCLE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1702"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1702 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "McCullough"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-11T16:22:46+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T20:17:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c41e9b53-3f4b-4904-b902-c8d2f985e910"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "771505914a313ff585c0778b5ccc19d88767c222fe2920d8aed2873c71368350"
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 1702 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING BICYCLE SAFETY; AND TO CLARIFY THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF A PERSON OPERATING A BICYCLE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1702-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1702** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1702.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–5** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **27–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- McCullough — primary (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11T16:22:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-11T23:31:59+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T18:10:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29T18:39:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T23:01:45+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-29T23:02:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T19:56:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended. Amendment #1. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T18:31:54+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-19T18:32:04+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-19T20:50:35+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-21T21:17:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T21:17:55+00:00** Returned to the House as passed, as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-22T00:36:32+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-22T00:36:38+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T22:56:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T17:00:39+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T17:00:41+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-28T16:28:01+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-30T20:17:50+00:00** Notification that HB1702 is now Act 1067 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c41e9b53-3f4b-4904-b902-c8d2f985e910`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).