---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE REGIONAL AIRPORT ACT; AND TO CREATE A PROCEDURE FOR ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT."
description: "TO AMEND THE REGIONAL AIRPORT ACT; AND TO CREATE A PROCEDURE FOR ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 414"
citation: "Arkansas SB 414 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Petty", "McAlindon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-13T20:54:35+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T21:50:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e81c58da-79b4-454c-9c01-401f3fe36c38"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "05baf751f1c272733570bdf74d4c8d73a3442f839ca28510d0c98da1808e05da"
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 414 (2023) — TO AMEND THE REGIONAL AIRPORT ACT; AND TO CREATE A PROCEDURE FOR ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 769** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=769.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB414-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB414-S2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB414-S3.pdf)
5. **SB 414** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB414.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **71–12** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **21–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Petty — primary (person)
- McAlindon — primary (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Clowney — cosponsor (person)
- D. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- D. Whitaker — cosponsor (person)
- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Puryear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-13T20:54:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-13T21:40:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:27:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29T20:27:04+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-29T20:27:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-29T20:27:12+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-29T23:41:44+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-31T00:08:41+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-31T00:08:47+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-31T00:08:54+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-31T01:08:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-31T01:08:53+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T18:17:52+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-03T18:18:01+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 3
- **2023-04-03T18:18:05+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-03T18:18:11+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-04-03T21:56:47+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-03T21:56:54+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T00:00:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T19:35:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T19:36:04+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-04T22:12:37+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-05T00:56:02+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T16:44:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T21:02:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T21:02:59+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:20:44+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:20:47+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:27:34+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:27:36+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T21:50:37+00:00** Notification that SB414 is now Act 769 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e81c58da-79b4-454c-9c01-401f3fe36c38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).