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type: "Bill"
title: "TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN RURAL AREAS OF ARKANSAS; AND TO EXPAND THE OPTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE RACING FACILITIES IN CERTAIN RURAL AREAS."
description: "TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN RURAL AREAS OF ARKANSAS; AND TO EXPAND THE OPTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE RACING FACILITIES IN CERTAIN RURAL AREAS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1716"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1716 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Holcomb"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-11T21:31:21+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T17:22:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21404d97-0e99-4174-a9ae-058c1c7ca417"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "099c39ff673ebed8fa69b5a09140a63447a499999705aa127f4fa710c6cd233d"
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 1716 (2021) — TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN RURAL AREAS OF ARKANSAS; AND TO EXPAND THE OPTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE RACING FACILITIES IN CERTAIN RURAL AREAS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 1716** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1716.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed. — **255** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **950** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- Holcomb — primary (person)
- A. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Bragg — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Jett — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- Magie — cosponsor (person)
- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-11T21:31:21+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-11T23:35:40+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`
- **2021-03-17T18:44:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T19:07:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T22:34:00+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-18T22:34:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T23:23:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30T19:21:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30T19:21:57+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-30T19:50:56+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-30T19:50:58+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-31T13:18:33+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-01T17:22:26+00:00** Notification that HB1716 is now Act 520 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21404d97-0e99-4174-a9ae-058c1c7ca417`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).