---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS DATA CENTERS ACT OF 2023; AND TO CLARIFY THE REGULATION OF THE DIGITAL ASSET MINING BUSINESS."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS DATA CENTERS ACT OF 2023; AND TO CLARIFY THE REGULATION OF THE DIGITAL ASSET MINING BUSINESS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1799"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1799 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bryant", "McClure"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-30T17:24:45+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:31:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0443eea-d9bd-4085-a2a9-5f2ecc4483b1"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a68dbb311def3a9fa4d139d588aa07277c0bf836a736421f757c2d1a0ea0ae6a"
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 1799 (2023) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS DATA CENTERS ACT OF 2023; AND TO CLARIFY THE REGULATION OF THE DIGITAL ASSET MINING BUSINESS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 851** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=851.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1799-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1799** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1799.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **88–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- McClure — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-30T17:24:45+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-31T01:29:30+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T17:51:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T00:04:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T03:53:09+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-05T18:00:42+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T15:58:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T22:23:54+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-06T22:24:01+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-04-06T23:04:22+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-06T23:04:29+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-06T23:04:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T23:04:46+00:00** Returned to the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T23:41:59+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T23:42:15+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07T13:39:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T15:48:06+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-07T15:48:08+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T17:04:37+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:31:04+00:00** Notification that HB1799 is now Act 851 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0443eea-d9bd-4085-a2a9-5f2ecc4483b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).