---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE FLAGS PURCHASED WITH PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE MADE AND MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES."
description: "TO REQUIRE FLAGS PURCHASED WITH PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE MADE AND MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1023"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1023 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flippo", "Fortner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-05T17:31:49+00:00"
last_action: "2023-01-26T22:23:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad159af5-e4f6-4efa-85ea-82d8e674f433"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3c04eec1eb91bcd9f018a6e91b676537b8c9a6d6e2955a77131611202dd47809"
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 1023 (2023) — TO REQUIRE FLAGS PURCHASED WITH PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE MADE AND MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 11** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=11.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1023-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1023-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1023.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Flippo — primary (person)
- Fortner — primary (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05T17:31:49+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:53:46+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10T14:34:21+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-10T14:34:24+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-10T16:07:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-17T14:33:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-17T14:33:43+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-17T15:48:08+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-18T17:14:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T17:16:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-19T18:42:44+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-01-19T18:42:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T19:19:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25T19:22:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25T19:22:56+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-01-25T20:34:06+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-01-25T20:34:09+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-01-25T21:04:32+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-01-26T22:23:23+00:00** Notification that HB1023 is now Act 11 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad159af5-e4f6-4efa-85ea-82d8e674f433`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).