---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL BUILDING AND ZONING REGULATIONS; AND TO PROHIBIT A MUNICIPALITY FROM ENFORCING BUILDINGS AND ZONING REGULATIONS ON COUNTY PROPERTY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL BUILDING AND ZONING REGULATIONS; AND TO PROHIBIT A MUNICIPALITY FROM ENFORCING BUILDINGS AND ZONING REGULATIONS ON COUNTY PROPERTY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 571"
citation: "Arkansas SB 571 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Petty", "Puryear"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-28T15:09:26+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-23T21:53:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32ddc112-ed43-4718-9d9e-dae320ec11ef"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8eb7aa459056a44564c62a465fb083ea771207fea2bc840bf3996588f09c7f63"
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 571 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL BUILDING AND ZONING REGULATIONS; AND TO PROHIBIT A MUNICIPALITY FROM ENFORCING BUILDINGS AND ZONING REGULATIONS ON COUNTY PROPERTY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 1002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=1002.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB571-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB571-H2.pdf)
4. **SB 571** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB571.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Petty — primary (person)
- Puryear — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-28T15:09:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-31T19:05:31+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T19:06:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02T22:11:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T22:11:25+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-02T23:33:00+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-03T00:49:08+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`
- **2025-04-07T18:44:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T18:44:34+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-07T19:08:37+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-09T20:04:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10T13:37:15+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-10T13:37:17+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-10T15:05:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-14T21:19:55+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T20:15:44+00:00** Upon Motion, Reconsideraton Passed - 4/15/2025 3:15:42 PM
- **2025-04-15T20:15:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T20:16:02+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2025-04-15T21:52:07+00:00** Upon Motion, Reconsideraton Passed - 4/15/2025 4:51:59 PM
- **2025-04-15T21:52:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:53:09+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2025-04-15T23:51:33+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 .
- **2025-04-16T14:20:31+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-16T14:20:45+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 & 2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-16T14:20:55+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-16T14:21:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T14:21:10+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T19:20:43+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-16T19:20:47+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23T21:53:30+00:00** Notification that SB571 is now Act 1002 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32ddc112-ed43-4718-9d9e-dae320ec11ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).