---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE A LOTTERY RETAILER TO POST A BOND; TO REQUIRE THE OFFICE OF THE LOTTERY TO ESTABLISH A SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR BOND FEES; TO REPEAL THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SEPARATE FIDELITY FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO REQUIRE A LOTTERY RETAILER TO POST A BOND; TO REQUIRE THE OFFICE OF THE LOTTERY TO ESTABLISH A SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR BOND FEES; TO REPEAL THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SEPARATE FIDELITY FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1859"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1859 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-18"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b32beed6-dfe5-4a7f-8e19-410cfcff5309"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "da7834d48d1b5c9ee0a13de2cd279ebe5fbfa761be1256c5151f3a3112260785"
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 1859 (2019) — TO REQUIRE A LOTTERY RETAILER TO POST A BOND; TO REQUIRE THE OFFICE OF THE LOTTERY TO ESTABLISH A SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR BOND FEES; TO REPEAL THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SEPARATE FIDELITY FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1859** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1859.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **84–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-18** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2019-03-26** Received from the House.
- **2019-03-26** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2019-04-01** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2019-04-01** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2019-04-01** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-04-02** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-04-03** Notification that HB1859 is now Act 683 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b32beed6-dfe5-4a7f-8e19-410cfcff5309`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).