---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OWNERSHIP AND POSSESSION OF REAL PROPERTY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OWNERSHIP AND POSSESSION OF REAL PROPERTY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 312"
citation: "Arkansas SB 312 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Lundstrum"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-10T19:38:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:23:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da8b6baf-7a1a-4817-a907-ffb814e22722"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f2e3c4bb4e44a7e8c6fbe21dc54ddf7f7aee99eba3e3c23a3d22d8249f5e587a"
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 SB 312 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OWNERSHIP AND POSSESSION OF REAL PROPERTY.

## 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%2FSB312-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB312-H2.pdf)
3. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB312-H3.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB312-S1.pdf)
5. **SB 312** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB312.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — primary (person)
- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
- B. Sample — cosponsor (person)
- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Beckham — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- J. Sturch — cosponsor (person)
- Jett — cosponsor (person)
- M. Pitsch — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Payton — cosponsor (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10T19:38:04+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-10T20:58:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T19:56:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03T19:23:05+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-03T19:23:14+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-03T20:25:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-04T19:38:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T19:39:23+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-04T22:12:58+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-04T22:54:17+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T14:00:26+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-29T14:00:29+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-29T18:06:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-19T13:33:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-19T13:33:38+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-19T18:02:05+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-19T22:43:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T20:28:27+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-20T20:28:32+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20T21:25:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-20T21:25:19+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T21:54:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-22T19:36:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T19:37:22+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1, 2, & 3
- **2021-04-23T02:15:00+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1, 2 and 3.
- **2021-04-23T02:15:05+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T18:32:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1,2,3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27T15:38:09+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-27T15:38:29+00:00** House Amendment No. 1,2,3 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T15:38:47+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-27T15:39:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T15:39:07+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T18:42:09+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T18:42:13+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:23:39+00:00** Notification that SB312 is now Act 1046 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da8b6baf-7a1a-4817-a907-ffb814e22722`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).