---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE-DESIGNATED CANCER CENTER IN THE STATE THROUGH CHANGES IN THE LAWS RELATING TO THE SALE AND TAXATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, CIGARETTE PAPER, AND E-CIGARETTES."
description: "TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE-DESIGNATED CANCER CENTER IN THE STATE THROUGH CHANGES IN THE LAWS RELATING TO THE SALE AND TAXATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, CIGARETTE PAPER, AND E-CIGARETTES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1565"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1565 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Davis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/155553b6-23c6-40bc-be1f-22b405542e32"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "75fe274ecc23224bb64a01afa383e134a0d355be1340122a09a88069de325efe"
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 1565 (2019) — TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE-DESIGNATED CANCER CENTER IN THE STATE THROUGH CHANGES IN THE LAWS RELATING TO THE SALE AND TAXATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, CIGARETTE PAPER, AND E-CIGARETTES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=HB1565-H1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **HB 1565** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1565.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **74–14** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **20–12** (pass) · upper
- Sounding of the Ballot — **17–12** (fail) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **67–14** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **22–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2019-03-05** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-05** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-03-06** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Received from the House.
- **2019-03-07** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-03-14** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2019-03-14** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-03-18** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** Sounding of the Ballot
- **2019-03-18** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which HB1565 failed.
- **2019-03-18** The vote by which HB1565 Failed to Pass was expunged.
- **2019-03-19** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-19** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-03-19** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2019-03-19** Re-referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2019-03-25** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-03-26** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-03-28** Notification that HB1565 is now Act 580 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/155553b6-23c6-40bc-be1f-22b405542e32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).