---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS VIDEO SERVICE ACT; AND TO PROVIDE CLARITY CONCERNING THE USE OF A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS VIDEO SERVICE ACT; AND TO PROVIDE CLARITY CONCERNING THE USE OF A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1338"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1338 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. McKenzie", "J. Bryant"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-01T21:33:11+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-17T17:20:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/024d4a2c-f074-4646-8163-a00a373f492b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "cace70b700346ff77a9206f7decf3cf24fa716839b6427aa37a25786f1ed7457"
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 1338 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS VIDEO SERVICE ACT; AND TO PROVIDE CLARITY CONCERNING THE USE OF A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 288** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=288.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1338-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1338** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1338.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. McKenzie — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01T21:33:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-01T22:26:44+00:00** In accordance with House Rule 39 Read the first time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE JOURNAL; ENGROSSED AND ENROLLED BILLS `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T14:31:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-14T14:31:36+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-14T16:51:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-14T22:31:02+00:00** In accordance with House Rule 39 Read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T17:41:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T19:52:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T22:44:37+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-06T22:44:46+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T17:33:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14T19:31:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T19:31:59+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:11:47+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:11:50+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-15T14:58:13+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-17T17:20:00+00:00** Notification that HB1338 is now Act 288 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/024d4a2c-f074-4646-8163-a00a373f492b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).