---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE CHARITABLE BINGO AND RAFFLES ENABLING ACT; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ELECTRONIC ADVERTISING OF RAFFLES."
description: "TO AMEND THE CHARITABLE BINGO AND RAFFLES ENABLING ACT; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ELECTRONIC ADVERTISING OF RAFFLES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 217"
citation: "Arkansas SB 217 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cozart", "J. Boyd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08T17:09:46+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-14T18:17:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38bbac3b-3b5e-4230-9475-f5ef5e56326b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "781539ff5c9eb6034c1ea50a0d11e3138dff8181c8e5f7318c34a01245e7a3d5"
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 217 (2023) — TO AMEND THE CHARITABLE BINGO AND RAFFLES ENABLING ACT; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ELECTRONIC ADVERTISING OF RAFFLES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=188.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB217-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 217** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB217.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cozart — primary (person)
- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08T17:09:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-08T19:31:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T14:16:06+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-14T14:16:10+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-14T14:16:21+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-14T19:16:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-14T19:17:05+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T17:27:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20T19:37:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-20T19:37:57+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-20T20:56:22+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-20T23:29:05+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`
- **2023-02-22T19:36:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T20:24:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T20:24:52+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-27T21:26:33+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-27T21:26:38+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-27T21:39:26+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-27T21:39:31+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T18:17:02+00:00** Notification that SB217 is now Act 188 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38bbac3b-3b5e-4230-9475-f5ef5e56326b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).