---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CAPITOL ARTS AND GROUNDS COMMISSION; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE CAPITOL ARTS AND GROUNDS COMMISSION; AND TO ALLOW THE PROMULGATION OF RULES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CAPITOL ARTS AND GROUNDS COMMISSION; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE CAPITOL ARTS AND GROUNDS COMMISSION; AND TO ALLOW THE PROMULGATION OF RULES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1730"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1730 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Jean"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-15T17:46:29+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T16:27:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bbaa5d4-16e6-4fd7-bfba-09b88dca4aa1"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a172cff9188977d2bce3f744f86feaa3d59b7b9ef6da7a983379532165fbbcd2"
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 1730 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CAPITOL ARTS AND GROUNDS COMMISSION; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE CAPITOL ARTS AND GROUNDS COMMISSION; AND TO ALLOW THE PROMULGATION OF RULES.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1730** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1730.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Jean — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-15T17:46:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-15T22:02:13+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T22:52:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T19:16:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T22:30:52+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-06T22:56:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08T19:31:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T19:31:50+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-08T20:08:51+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-08T20:08:54+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-09T13:31:45+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-13T16:27:52+00:00** Notification that HB1730 is now Act 696 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bbaa5d4-16e6-4fd7-bfba-09b88dca4aa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).