---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DIGITAL PRODUCT AND MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2009."
description: "TO AMEND THE DIGITAL PRODUCT AND MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2009."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1743"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1743 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "J. Dismang"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-15T21:43:09+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-20T18:14:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/582a5251-cc62-4bf5-9919-a1ae49e20841"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1fd12e0ce37afa9967381d911c79a05ba03204a8d9906bd75ce2b79891dcc687"
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 1743 (2021) — TO AMEND THE DIGITAL PRODUCT AND MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2009.

## 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%2FHB1743-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1743-H2.pdf)
3. **HB 1743** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1743.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **87–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Fite — primary (person)
- J. Dismang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-15T21:43:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-15T22:05:12+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T13:37:29+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-30T13:37:31+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-30T15:56:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-01T13:37:01+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-01T13:37:03+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01T17:05:34+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-05T21:28:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06T19:15:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T23:04:02+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-06T23:04:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:38:47+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on calendar.
- **2021-04-13T18:39:00+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T18:40:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T21:04:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T21:05:10+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:34:34+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:34:36+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-16T13:39:42+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-20T18:14:55+00:00** Notification that HB1743 is now Act 797 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/582a5251-cc62-4bf5-9919-a1ae49e20841`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).