---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE POWER OF A MUNICIPALITY TO VACATE A PUBLIC STREET OR ALLEY; AND TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO VACATE AND ABANDON A STREET OR ALLEY WHEN ALL PROPERTY ABUTTING THE STREET OR ALLEY IS OWNED BY A MUSEUM."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE POWER OF A MUNICIPALITY TO VACATE A PUBLIC STREET OR ALLEY; AND TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO VACATE AND ABANDON A STREET OR ALLEY WHEN ALL PROPERTY ABUTTING THE STREET OR ALLEY IS OWNED BY A MUSEUM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1777"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1777 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicks", "R. Murdock"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-29T19:38:43+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:27:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08f00296-4fcc-4b81-aff7-fbf3aeb982b2"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "aad26d9b666f89fc866ddfbcd3821a8ebb8881feae0456f685f9165afa3e33a5"
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 1777 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE POWER OF A MUNICIPALITY TO VACATE A PUBLIC STREET OR ALLEY; AND TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO VACATE AND ABANDON A STREET OR ALLEY WHEN ALL PROPERTY ABUTTING THE STREET OR ALLEY IS OWNED BY A MUSEUM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 843** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=843.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1777** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1777.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nicks — primary (person)
- R. Murdock — primary (person)
- D. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-29T19:38:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-29T23:24:25+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T16:40:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T23:17:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T03:50:40+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-05T17:52:21+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T15:55:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07T16:16:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T16:16:44+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:03:01+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:03:03+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-10T12:46:06+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:27:30+00:00** Notification that HB1777 is now Act 843 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08f00296-4fcc-4b81-aff7-fbf3aeb982b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).