---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH THE RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE."
description: "TO ESTABLISH THE RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1710"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1710 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McClure"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-27T18:24:36+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T14:58:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c611cf69-7f4a-4f70-bd54-54c91c04c2fb"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "01b753e5650419f36b1ca4f2a6c525f0a9732a2cd27c46cd5fabbf11c59b3c91"
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 1710 (2023) — TO ESTABLISH THE RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 746** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=746.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1710** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1710.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **85–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McClure — primary (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-27T18:24:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-27T23:00:14+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`
- **2023-03-29T18:42:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T20:28:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T01:26:30+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-31T17:26:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:39:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T01:31:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T01:31:21+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:03:05+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:03:07+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:53:57+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T14:58:19+00:00** Notification that HB1710 is now Act 746 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c611cf69-7f4a-4f70-bd54-54c91c04c2fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).