---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OWNERSHIP AND POSSESSION OF REAL PROPERTY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OWNERSHIP AND POSSESSION OF REAL PROPERTY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 383"
citation: "Arkansas SB 383 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Vaught"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-08T15:30:08+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:45:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a5a9faf-201c-4730-9270-dc555573ceec"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1c7114e9e40931687e1e672ca75537b2f49384b9494426203feb2430bb55dfda"
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 383 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OWNERSHIP AND POSSESSION OF REAL PROPERTY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 636** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=636.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB383-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB383-S1.pdf)
4. **SB 383** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB383.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- C. Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Crowell — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Payton — cosponsor (person)
- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- Puryear — cosponsor (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08T15:30:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-08T19:48:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T18:29:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15T19:50:53+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-15T19:50:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-15T19:51:05+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-15T20:36:11+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-15T20:36:18+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T21:13:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27T18:59:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T18:59:29+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-27T21:12:35+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-27T23:11:19+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`
- **2023-03-29T18:42:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T13:34:17+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T13:34:20+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30T16:38:44+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-05T19:08:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:08:56+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T00:25:06+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T00:25:17+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T02:49:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T16:17:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-06T16:17:24+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-04-06T16:17:30+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-06T16:17:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T16:17:54+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:25:31+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:25:35+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:45:23+00:00** Notification that SB383 is now Act 636 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a5a9faf-201c-4730-9270-dc555573ceec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).