---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PERMIT A PROPERTY OWNER TO CHOOSE THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN MORE THAN ONE MUNICIPALITY."
description: "TO PERMIT A PROPERTY OWNER TO CHOOSE THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN MORE THAN ONE MUNICIPALITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 547"
citation: "Arkansas SB 547 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "R. Scott Richardson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30T16:28:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T14:31:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58b76343-f996-4cce-b070-d09ea50069a6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "07691bd70084af5f29e2af17fb965b750579dab15330b83b02ac1eae29289c65"
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 547 (2023) — TO PERMIT A PROPERTY OWNER TO CHOOSE THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN MORE THAN ONE MUNICIPALITY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 884** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=884.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB547-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 547** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB547.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **84–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-30T16:28:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-30T18:34:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:38:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T19:50:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-04T19:51:02+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-04-04T21:39:48+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-05T18:26:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T18:27:07+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-05T21:41:22+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-05T23:20:35+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`
- **2023-04-06T16:08:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T14:26:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T17:42:49+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:42:52+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:14:56+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:14:58+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13T14:31:28+00:00** Notification that SB547 is now Act 884 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58b76343-f996-4cce-b070-d09ea50069a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).