---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE SALE OF PROPERTY POSSESSED BY CERTAIN LIENHOLDERS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE SALE OF PROPERTY POSSESSED BY CERTAIN LIENHOLDERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 263"
citation: "Arkansas SB 263 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Underwood"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-14T18:56:19+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T17:36:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc2222b4-1efe-4cd8-9611-fe55c3240fa8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "cc24431c7fee41eeaea3764007193656ff0f02a90d8b94ec840caba68b71e7cb"
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 263 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE SALE OF PROPERTY POSSESSED BY CERTAIN LIENHOLDERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 388** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=388.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB263-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 263** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB263.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Underwood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14T18:56:19+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T19:24:02+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T19:29:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02T17:46:27+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-02T17:46:34+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-02T19:31:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-06T19:48:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T19:49:07+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-06T21:59:37+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-06T22:32:27+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`
- **2023-03-16T18:49:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-28T19:18:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:18:08+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-28T21:24:44+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-28T21:24:49+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-29T13:54:47+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-29T13:54:50+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-04T17:36:57+00:00** Notification that SB263 is now Act 388 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc2222b4-1efe-4cd8-9611-fe55c3240fa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).