---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND 18-15-104(4) AND 18-15-1802(C)(2) AS AMENDED BY SB334 OF 2021; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN BY A STATE AGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND 18-15-104(4) AND 18-15-1802(C)(2) AS AMENDED BY SB334 OF 2021; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN BY A STATE AGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 706"
citation: "Arkansas SB 706 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-21T22:41:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:21:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27f17878-2f48-4161-aeb2-9dab40068ff9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "bbd8dcc8ac887911a10ce449861440ee543ca33324156e9006b73fba17247183"
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 706 (2021) — TO AMEND 18-15-104(4) AND 18-15-1802(C)(2) AS AMENDED BY SB334 OF 2021; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN BY A STATE AGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 706** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB706.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **85–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **29–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-21T22:41:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-21T23:30:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T02:04:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T21:56:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T22:18:04+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-22T22:54:44+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-23T01:43:17+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`
- **2021-04-26T16:21:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T19:47:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T19:48:05+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-27T22:20:06+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-27T22:20:10+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T22:20:15+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T22:20:17+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:21:52+00:00** Notification that SB706 is now Act 1044 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27f17878-2f48-4161-aeb2-9dab40068ff9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).