---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE PROCEDURE BY WHICH THE COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDS SELLS TAX-DELINQUENT LAND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE PROCEDURE BY WHICH THE COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDS SELLS TAX-DELINQUENT LAND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1229"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1229 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "G. Stubblefield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-21T19:53:12+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-24T20:14:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a08a5da1-306e-47ad-92d6-963155a36a31"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "59d64371fd0775684917672d81cd3705763f65ec47af55e1e0bde683c608380e"
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 1229 (2021) — TO AMEND THE PROCEDURE BY WHICH THE COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDS SELLS TAX-DELINQUENT LAND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1229-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1229-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1229** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1229.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T19:53:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-21T22:29:49+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T14:40:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-01-26T14:40:24+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-26T17:21:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-01-27T16:26:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28T19:22:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28T19:22:47+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-01-28T22:31:12+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-01-28T22:31:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on Revenue and Taxation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T14:34:57+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-02T14:35:13+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-02T19:13:05+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-02T19:13:22+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T18:43:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16T19:38:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T19:38:58+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-16T19:39:15+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-03-16T20:43:00+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-16T20:43:08+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T18:01:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23T18:32:31+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-03-23T18:37:20+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-24T14:47:24+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-24T20:14:53+00:00** Notification that HB1229 is now Act 447 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a08a5da1-306e-47ad-92d6-963155a36a31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).