---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION MAY SELL OR DISPOSE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION MAY SELL OR DISPOSE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 579"
citation: "Arkansas SB 579 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "M. Berry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18T20:08:07+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T17:28:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2eb4f5f4-6bfd-454a-9ea2-4fde8bac1823"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2586b71d9c19edb8d32c397441f35c77654f080119b7fd82ad075024cc8d1c00"
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 579 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION MAY SELL OR DISPOSE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 579** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB579.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- M. Berry — primary (person)
- J. Sturch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T20:08:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T22:26:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T18:20:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29T20:38:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T20:38:14+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-29T23:00:25+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-29T23:12:07+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:05:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T20:14:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T20:14:48+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:12:04+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:12:08+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-19T14:33:53+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-19T14:33:56+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T17:28:46+00:00** Notification that SB579 is now Act 783 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2eb4f5f4-6bfd-454a-9ea2-4fde8bac1823`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).