---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING PAID ESPORTS TOURNAMENTS."
description: "CONCERNING PAID ESPORTS TOURNAMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1349"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1349 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dotson", "Ray"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-03T20:33:08+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T15:01:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6885fa4f-327e-48be-b9f1-1c763de2ab1c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b1037667bca0759e2bde4e7364245c18a86399065f0de71c0df2176ce17cca51"
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 1349 (2023) — CONCERNING PAID ESPORTS TOURNAMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=439.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1349-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1349-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1349-S2.pdf)
5. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1349-S3.pdf)
6. **HB 1349** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1349.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 3 read and concurred in. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Dotson — primary (person)
- Ray — primary (person)
- V. Flowers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03T20:33:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-06T22:57:28+00:00** 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`
- **2023-02-08T19:21:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15T20:09:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-15T20:09:50+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15T21:02:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-15T21:08:55+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T19:35:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T18:22:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T20:27:19+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-23T20:27:29+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T19:22:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01T19:39:24+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-01T19:39:32+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-01T20:54:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-06T20:37:10+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-06T20:37:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-06T20:37:21+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-06T22:38:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-06T22:38:43+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T14:13:41+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 3
- **2023-03-08T14:13:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-08T14:13:54+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-08T19:40:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-08T19:41:07+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T17:32:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14T19:34:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T19:34:40+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-03-14T22:01:30+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2 & 3
- **2023-03-14T22:01:42+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T19:59:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2 & 3 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T19:34:53+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-30T19:35:37+00:00** Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-30T19:36:25+00:00** Senate amendment # 3 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-30T19:36:28+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-31T14:12:14+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-04T15:01:37+00:00** Notification that HB1349 is now Act 439 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6885fa4f-327e-48be-b9f1-1c763de2ab1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).