---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OUTDOOR RECREATION ACTIVITIES AND RECREATIONAL TRAMWAYS; AND TO CREATE A RECREATIONAL TRAMWAY SYSTEM FOR STATE PARKS AND FOR OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE STATE."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OUTDOOR RECREATION ACTIVITIES AND RECREATIONAL TRAMWAYS; AND TO CREATE A RECREATIONAL TRAMWAY SYSTEM FOR STATE PARKS AND FOR OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 203"
citation: "Arkansas SB 203 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Maddox"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-05T22:34:03+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-25T23:13:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd51bf97-fdf6-4ead-8647-8eb82d44e815"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3d015a07c1940aace9f5240bdbc372b84eed956fb8d6db6babed4fb5f933d0d0"
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 203 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OUTDOOR RECREATION ACTIVITIES AND RECREATIONAL TRAMWAYS; AND TO CREATE A RECREATIONAL TRAMWAY SYSTEM FOR STATE PARKS AND FOR OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 155** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=155.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB203-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 203** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB203.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Maddox — primary (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05T22:34:03+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-05T22:39:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T19:40:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12T19:57:42+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-12T19:57:57+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-12T22:38:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-13T16:51:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-13T16:51:47+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-13T19:32:54+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-13T23:10:26+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`
- **2025-02-19T16:54:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-20T17:34:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T17:34:16+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-20T18:45:12+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-02-20T18:45:15+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-20T19:33:24+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-20T19:33:28+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-25T23:13:41+00:00** Notification that SB203 is now Act 155 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd51bf97-fdf6-4ead-8647-8eb82d44e815`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).