---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE; TO ALLOW CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO PAY CHILDCARE EXPENSES; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE; TO ALLOW CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO PAY CHILDCARE EXPENSES; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1728"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1728 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Godfrey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-15T15:45:36+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-15T18:14:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/205ba86d-53e5-4a09-ae07-93087fb3a0c7"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "df51aa59c06f71fc88779bf1dd6ab1e1b3da0e4494a36084e67dec13160048f3"
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 1728 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE; TO ALLOW CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO PAY CHILDCARE EXPENSES; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996.

## 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%2FHB1728-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1728** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1728.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **70–19** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and failed. — **32–59** (fail) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **24–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Godfrey — primary (person)
- A. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Clowney — cosponsor (person)
- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-15T15:45:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-15T22:01:46+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`
- **2021-03-23T18:26:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29T19:33:45+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T20:44:40+00:00** Motion to expunge vote passed
- **2021-03-29T20:44:53+00:00** The vote by which HB1728
- **2021-03-29T20:45:10+00:00** Motion to rerefer back to committee
- **2021-03-29T20:45:20+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T18:23:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01T13:35:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-01T13:35:42+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01T17:02:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-06T18:36:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T23:02:34+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-06T23:20:35+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12T18:20:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13T19:57:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T19:57:27+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-13T21:15:10+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-13T21:15:12+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-14T13:41:41+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-15T18:14:56+00:00** Notification that HB1728 is now Act 734 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/205ba86d-53e5-4a09-ae07-93087fb3a0c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).