---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING TIMBER SALES; TO REVISE THE LAW REGARDING CO-OWNERS OR COHEIRS; TO DEFINE \"UNKNOWN OR UNLOCATABLE CO-OWNERS OR COHEIRS\"; AND TO AMEND REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO TIMBER SALE CONTRACTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING TIMBER SALES; TO REVISE THE LAW REGARDING CO-OWNERS OR COHEIRS; TO DEFINE \"UNKNOWN OR UNLOCATABLE CO-OWNERS OR COHEIRS\"; AND TO AMEND REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO TIMBER SALE CONTRACTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "Arkansas SB 246 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzales", "Stone"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-09T20:52:16+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-14T18:25:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50d991ce-5857-458d-b7d6-d99a140e6019"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "298d814834777c65bc12828d73204b72a78032458ae3dd32509b28f8187900bf"
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 246 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING TIMBER SALES; TO REVISE THE LAW REGARDING CO-OWNERS OR COHEIRS; TO DEFINE "UNKNOWN OR UNLOCATABLE CO-OWNERS OR COHEIRS"; AND TO AMEND REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO TIMBER SALE CONTRACTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=253.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 246** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB246.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gonzales — primary (person)
- Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09T20:52:16+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-09T21:38:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T20:46:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15T19:42:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T19:42:20+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-15T21:46:01+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-15T22:45:00+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`
- **2023-03-01T16:29:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T20:10:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T20:10:13+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-07T21:52:05+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-07T21:52:09+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-07T22:03:18+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-07T22:03:21+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T18:25:11+00:00** Notification that SB246 is now Act 253 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50d991ce-5857-458d-b7d6-d99a140e6019`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).