---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RURAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS; TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"PROPERTY IN KIND\"; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RURAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS; TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"PROPERTY IN KIND\"; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 254"
citation: "Arkansas SB 254 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Steimel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-18T21:00:23+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-20T18:35:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eabf5959-d0cd-4284-87fb-1ca5ac92df8d"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "32028a92a7b7d3b0706dcb072b0cc2111ddee53c15f1280ddf5686686b022ee1"
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 254 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RURAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS; TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "PROPERTY IN KIND"; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 359** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=359.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 254** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB254.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- Steimel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18T21:00:23+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-18T21:27:42+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T18:40:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04T20:00:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T20:00:39+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-04T20:49:18+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-04T23:37:54+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`
- **2025-03-12T16:36:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17T19:34:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T19:34:55+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-17T21:38:52+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-17T21:38:54+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-18T14:16:43+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-18T14:16:46+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20T18:35:27+00:00** Notification that SB254 is now Act 359 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eabf5959-d0cd-4284-87fb-1ca5ac92df8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).