---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SALE AND REDEMPTION OF TAX-DELINQUENT PROPERTY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SALE AND REDEMPTION OF TAX-DELINQUENT PROPERTY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1263"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1263 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Stubblefield", "Richmond"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26T16:22:57+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-10T19:51:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7eca968-6633-41e4-b701-b7ba1caa472c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "34b5665fad131e576297a21a82a45e7c196f9d6bb3c06f44615c4be10a8885f5"
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 1263 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SALE AND REDEMPTION OF TAX-DELINQUENT PROPERTY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=241.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1263-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1263** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1263.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **86–5** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **80–11** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26T16:22:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-26T22:39:03+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`
- **2023-02-02T17:16:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T20:50:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T20:50:23+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-06T22:26:39+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-06T22:26:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T14:08:20+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-13T14:08:24+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-13T14:08:34+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-13T19:10:54+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-13T19:11:08+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T19:31:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27T20:25:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T20:25:22+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-27T20:26:17+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-02-27T21:40:16+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-02-27T21:40:24+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T17:27:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T19:47:18+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-06T19:47:30+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-06T19:47:49+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-07T13:52:38+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-10T19:51:23+00:00** Notification that HB1263 is now Act 241 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7eca968-6633-41e4-b701-b7ba1caa472c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).