---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION - RURAL ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION - RURAL ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1505"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1505 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McClure"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-27T18:26:19+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:16:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1257fc57-1d1e-497c-b914-e80d83c888dc"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2c0b98dce9fc16db02d4e8c7f3c1621485df811b982e45e64fa4b646ff1bd311"
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 1505 (2023) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION - RURAL ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 810** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=810.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1505** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1505.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McClure — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27T18:26:19+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-27T23:06:07+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T15:04:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T17:04:42+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2023-04-06T17:04:43+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2023-04-06T17:04:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T17:04:45+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-06T19:52:31+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-06T19:52:38+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T21:09:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T21:09:47+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-07T00:20:18+00:00** Motion to expunge the Batch Vote and Emergency Clause. Motion Carried.
- **2023-04-07T16:50:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T16:50:13+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-07T16:50:15+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:30:22+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:30:26+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-10T12:48:41+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:16:40+00:00** Notification that HB1505 is now Act 810 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1257fc57-1d1e-497c-b914-e80d83c888dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).