---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN BY A STATE AGENCY; AND TO ADD NEW DEFINITIONS UNDER EMINENT DOMAIN."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN BY A STATE AGENCY; AND TO ADD NEW DEFINITIONS UNDER EMINENT DOMAIN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 334"
citation: "Arkansas SB 334 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Gonzales"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-10T21:34:08+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T18:03:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaf3e4ab-e7e2-413a-b246-12dbcb1392ba"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fd8d7e193a27263bfaa236a8d4f76e78a185d7d58fda5c044178daa6a690fa45"
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 334 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN BY A STATE AGENCY; AND TO ADD NEW DEFINITIONS UNDER EMINENT DOMAIN.

## 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%2FSB334-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB334-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 334** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB334.pdf)

## Votes

- Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **83–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **30–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- Gonzales — primary (person)
- A. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10T21:34:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-10T22:18:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T19:18:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04T19:21:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-04T19:21:17+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-04T21:10:37+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-08T19:28:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-08T19:28:44+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-08T21:56:32+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-08T22:47:16+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:08:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14T13:33:51+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-14T13:33:53+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14T16:52:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-20T19:09:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T19:09:14+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-20T23:29:50+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended #1.
- **2021-04-20T23:30:04+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T02:20:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T18:42:26+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-22T18:42:41+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-22T18:42:59+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-22T18:43:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T18:43:57+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-23T17:39:53+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-23T17:39:58+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29T18:03:39+00:00** Notification that SB334 is now Act 945 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaf3e4ab-e7e2-413a-b246-12dbcb1392ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).