---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LIVESTOCK; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LIVESTOCK RUNNING AT LARGE; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING FENCING; AND TO REPEAL THE LAW REGARDING FENCING DISTRICTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LIVESTOCK; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LIVESTOCK RUNNING AT LARGE; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING FENCING; AND TO REPEAL THE LAW REGARDING FENCING DISTRICTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1677"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1677 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beaty Jr.", "Gilmore"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-17T18:36:35+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T14:28:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/398fffd3-81ae-49c6-91fe-de323fec4f92"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b49ebabfc314a90edd3e00a43e7dfbfede9632c7e7bd81c240957a7f9289b9b6"
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 1677 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LIVESTOCK; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LIVESTOCK RUNNING AT LARGE; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING FENCING; AND TO REPEAL THE LAW REGARDING FENCING DISTRICTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 594** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=594.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1677-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1677** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1677.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beaty Jr. — primary (person)
- Gilmore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-17T18:36:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-27T22:51:54+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T13:31:31+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-28T13:31:33+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28T16:20:51+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-29T18:41:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T20:14:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T01:24:57+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-31T17:25:07+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:40:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T01:25:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T01:25:21+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:02:46+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:02:51+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:53:36+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T14:28:53+00:00** Notification that HB1677 is now Act 594 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/398fffd3-81ae-49c6-91fe-de323fec4f92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).