---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH BROADBAND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS."
description: "TO ESTABLISH BROADBAND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1788"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1788 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "L. Fite"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-18T15:35:42+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-20T18:14:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe0038b7-6d65-4587-b5b6-1a2591ac8c0b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "63d59409325c4c13f7e2665df16cc9d727b6ff9bcde641a83f08ad130afd4ef7"
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 1788 (2021) — TO ESTABLISH BROADBAND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.

## 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%2FHB1788-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1788** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1788.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- L. Fite — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T15:35:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T22:18:57+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T23:19:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30T18:19:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30T19:34:27+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-30T19:34:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T13:28:39+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-04-06T13:28:45+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-06T18:16:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-06T18:16:49+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T18:24:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12T20:19:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T20:20:01+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-04-12T21:42:49+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-12T21:42:55+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T22:15:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T18:20:59+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-15T18:21:01+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-16T13:39:28+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-20T18:14:14+00:00** Notification that HB1788 is now Act 795 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe0038b7-6d65-4587-b5b6-1a2591ac8c0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).