---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS ETHICS COMMISSION; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS ETHICS COMMISSION; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1756"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1756 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "M. Shepherd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-28T20:17:44+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T15:00:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/994bfc89-2a20-4b01-88b8-187107b0373d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7dd0b9c397bf014b768c5805c96b975a8e2bc9ece00f76bae80411907b60d544"
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 1756 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS ETHICS COMMISSION; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 753** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=753.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1756-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1756** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1756.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- M. Shepherd — primary (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28T20:17:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-28T22:44:11+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T19:38:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T13:45:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-03T13:46:03+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:20:14+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-04T20:40:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T03:57:07+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-05T18:06:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T16:07:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07T16:06:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T16:07:01+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:01:12+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:01:13+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-10T12:47:21+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T15:00:31+00:00** Notification that HB1756 is now Act 753 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/994bfc89-2a20-4b01-88b8-187107b0373d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).