---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE THAT CASINOS REPORT GAMBLING WINNINGS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION AND WITHHOLD ARKANSAS INCOME TAX ON GAMBLING WINNINGS."
description: "TO REQUIRE THAT CASINOS REPORT GAMBLING WINNINGS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION AND WITHHOLD ARKANSAS INCOME TAX ON GAMBLING WINNINGS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1703"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1703 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Sample", "Fortner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-11T16:32:03+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-06T16:24:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0f94f6d-6e27-4abc-b661-88cd86391059"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "68301329eb6d57d2c7f684a9e546303daad5f9f434bcff00121fabf751ed7aac"
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 1703 (2021) — TO REQUIRE THAT CASINOS REPORT GAMBLING WINNINGS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION AND WITHHOLD ARKANSAS INCOME TAX ON GAMBLING WINNINGS.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1703** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1703.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Sample — primary (person)
- Fortner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11T16:32:03+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-11T23:32:15+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`
- **2021-03-17T18:44:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T19:05:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T22:35:30+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-18T22:35:53+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T18:19:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01T20:22:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T20:22:28+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-01T22:22:39+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-01T22:22:42+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-05T14:50:35+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-06T16:24:46+00:00** Notification that HB1703 is now Act 592 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0f94f6d-6e27-4abc-b661-88cd86391059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).