---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS SHALL HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO REGULATE OR CONTROL THE AMOUNT CHARGED FOR A RENTAL APPLICATION FEE OR RENTAL DEPOSIT FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY."
description: "TO PROVIDE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS SHALL HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO REGULATE OR CONTROL THE AMOUNT CHARGED FOR A RENTAL APPLICATION FEE OR RENTAL DEPOSIT FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "Arkansas SB 91 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Ray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23T16:35:37+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T18:13:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41e6c743-d0f5-4907-9b1f-aa5d863b54ca"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3d595ea1447ab598cb66cad6d7dec2b2cccaabac3a5fa63d5e89f62eb5585f91"
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 91 (2025) — TO PROVIDE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS SHALL HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO REGULATE OR CONTROL THE AMOUNT CHARGED FOR A RENTAL APPLICATION FEE OR RENTAL DEPOSIT FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 459** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=459.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB91-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 91** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB91.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Ray — primary (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23T16:35:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-23T17:21:52+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17T14:00:06+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-02-17T14:00:21+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-17T19:49:00+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-17T19:49:12+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T18:39:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04T19:50:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T19:50:41+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-04T20:48:51+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-04T23:37:10+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`
- **2025-03-19T21:03:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T20:49:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T20:49:42+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-31T22:48:40+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-31T22:48:45+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-01T14:13:30+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-01T14:13:35+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T18:13:10+00:00** Notification that SB91 is now Act 459 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41e6c743-d0f5-4907-9b1f-aa5d863b54ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).