---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO IDENTIFY PAID ADVERTISEMENTS FUNDED BY TAXPAYER FUNDS; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING ADVERTISING USING THE IMAGE OR VOICE OF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL."
description: "TO IDENTIFY PAID ADVERTISEMENTS FUNDED BY TAXPAYER FUNDS; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING ADVERTISING USING THE IMAGE OR VOICE OF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 691"
citation: "Arkansas SB 691 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-14T21:42:27+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:21:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a335f504-e9df-4c54-af07-33dbd847037c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c38c3f35976a3a0540030318b47a7226c565f79e19403a7c358a0be0d53aa3e9"
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 SB 691 (2021) — TO IDENTIFY PAID ADVERTISEMENTS FUNDED BY TAXPAYER FUNDS; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING ADVERTISING USING THE IMAGE OR VOICE OF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 691** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB691.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beck — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-14T21:42:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-14T21:54:53+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T18:51:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T20:14:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T20:14:30+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-22T21:12:31+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-23T01:42:48+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`
- **2021-04-26T16:58:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T19:51:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T19:51:19+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-27T22:18:17+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-27T22:18:21+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T22:18:23+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T22:18:27+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:21:38+00:00** Notification that SB691 is now Act 1043 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a335f504-e9df-4c54-af07-33dbd847037c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).