---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW A REDEMPTION DEED OR SALE DEED TO BE CANCELED AND A PENALTY IMPOSED IF THE PAYMENT INSTRUMENT USED TO REDEEM OR PURCHASE TAX-DELINQUENT PROPERTY FAILS OR IS DISHONORED."
description: "TO ALLOW A REDEMPTION DEED OR SALE DEED TO BE CANCELED AND A PENALTY IMPOSED IF THE PAYMENT INSTRUMENT USED TO REDEEM OR PURCHASE TAX-DELINQUENT PROPERTY FAILS OR IS DISHONORED."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1224"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1224 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "G. Stubblefield"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24T18:47:48+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-02T14:45:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/798c30e0-045c-4940-9687-b16cdf2e9f36"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "18017e66e79048a3247a1907f4ff722a8ae672bf7a5ebebe3c6a2d03a47a98a5"
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 1224 (2023) — TO ALLOW A REDEMPTION DEED OR SALE DEED TO BE CANCELED AND A PENALTY IMPOSED IF THE PAYMENT INSTRUMENT USED TO REDEEM OR PURCHASE TAX-DELINQUENT PROPERTY FAILS OR IS DISHONORED.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 173** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=173.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1224** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1224.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **85–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24T18:47:48+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-24T20:01:18+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T17:16:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T20:40:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T22:27:33+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-06T22:27:42+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T19:31:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27T20:14:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T20:14:56+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-27T21:46:46+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-27T21:46:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-28T14:42:32+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-02T14:45:27+00:00** Notification that HB1224 is now Act 173 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/798c30e0-045c-4940-9687-b16cdf2e9f36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).