---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE RENTAL PURCHASE ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE RENTAL PURCHASE ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1914"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1914 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cavenaugh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-25"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d239cf45-3b88-4941-93b5-59b63b5f7c9a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a70c79e1f27ad42c43e6ef473e84e85b72c667288f35b5e41c6c7848f102b5b0"
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 1914 (2019) — TO AMEND THE RENTAL PURCHASE ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1914** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1914.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **86–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cavenaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-25** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Received from the House.
- **2019-04-01** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-04-03** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2019-04-03** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-04-03** Rules suspended.
- **2019-04-03** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-04-03** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2019-04-04** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2019-04-04** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-04-05** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-04-10** Notification that HB1914 is now Act 865 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d239cf45-3b88-4941-93b5-59b63b5f7c9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).