---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROPERTY VACATED BY A MUNICIPALITY; AND TO REQUIRE VESTED ABANDONED PROPERTY BE CONVEYED WITH THE ABUTTING REAL ESTATE."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROPERTY VACATED BY A MUNICIPALITY; AND TO REQUIRE VESTED ABANDONED PROPERTY BE CONVEYED WITH THE ABUTTING REAL ESTATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1272"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1272 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Warren"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-27T22:12:08+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-10T21:27:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58103fe9-ecf2-4ead-921d-d440ee6eb38b"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c2d43f2fa34230c657d28189806c61e8c845b2dc9fe03b441567da2aa5db8328"
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 HB 1272 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROPERTY VACATED BY A MUNICIPALITY; AND TO REQUIRE VESTED ABANDONED PROPERTY BE CONVEYED WITH THE ABUTTING REAL ESTATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 520** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=520.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1272-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1272** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1272.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27T22:12:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-27T23:57:39+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`
- **2025-03-04T14:34:20+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-04T14:34:22+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-04T16:56:55+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-12T16:35:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T19:27:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T22:37:43+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-13T22:37:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T18:41:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19T22:01:06+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T22:01:55+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which HB1272 failed to pass. Motion carried.
- **2025-04-07T22:35:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T22:35:52+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2025-04-08T01:12:40+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-08T01:12:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-08T15:05:36+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-10T21:27:30+00:00** Notification that HB1272 is now Act 520 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58103fe9-ecf2-4ead-921d-d440ee6eb38b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).