---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, AND TOURISM - DIVISION OF HERITAGE REAPPROPRIATION."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, AND TOURISM - DIVISION OF HERITAGE REAPPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2026F"
identifier: "HB 1097"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1097 (2026F)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-04-14T21:31:33+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-27T20:07:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3436b7e7-6428-421d-920e-628dd0d7bd34"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "dbe7ef7da482a0f4374a32439ed87f3645759f139bfc34dc34a6b1195253d676"
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 1097 (2026F) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, AND TOURISM - DIVISION OF HERITAGE REAPPROPRIATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 117** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2026F%2FPublic%2F&file=117.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2026F)
2. **HB 1097** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2026F/Bills/HB1097.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-14T21:31:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2026-04-14T21:47:34+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-21T17:57:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-22T19:05:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-22T19:05:50+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2026-04-22T20:52:35+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2026-04-22T20:52:38+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-04-23T16:33:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-23T16:33:53+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2026-04-23T16:33:55+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2026-04-23T19:21:17+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2026-04-23T19:21:20+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2026-04-23T19:21:22+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2026-04-27T20:07:39+00:00** Notification that HB1097 is now Act 117 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3436b7e7-6428-421d-920e-628dd0d7bd34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).