---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW GOVERNING THE CREATION OF DESIGNATED ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW GOVERNING THE CREATION OF DESIGNATED ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1024"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1024 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. McKee", "Ray"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-05T18:33:29+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-03T17:13:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04523d1a-6da5-49bb-a7e9-2670e042329e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8836ccc2bb4dc2d2c3d5d1bca14d7f86f8eef14feb08c6f1dfdc97575fdb6a5e"
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 1024 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW GOVERNING THE CREATION OF DESIGNATED ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 34** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=34.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1024.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **87–6** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **24–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. McKee — primary (person)
- Ray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05T18:33:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:54:01+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`
- **2023-01-18T19:19:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T17:40:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-19T18:47:02+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-01-19T18:47:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T16:19:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01T19:57:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T19:58:14+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-01T22:02:46+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-01T22:02:49+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-03T14:32:59+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-03T17:13:31+00:00** Notification that HB1024 is now Act 34 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04523d1a-6da5-49bb-a7e9-2670e042329e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).