---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE KEEP ARKANSAS BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE PARKS DIVISION."
description: "CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE KEEP ARKANSAS BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE PARKS DIVISION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Arkansas SB 251 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Wooldridge"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-13T16:59:01+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T15:57:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eb99f68-f521-477e-9e46-ce04814f4e34"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2234961f7d88965ff2051d73e7b4aa1ab472e63289eece0b306f26da751c2038"
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 251 (2023) — CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE KEEP ARKANSAS BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE PARKS DIVISION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 304** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=304.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 251** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB251.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crowell — primary (person)
- Wooldridge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13T16:59:01+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T19:17:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T19:20:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01T19:42:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T19:42:35+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-01T21:21:26+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-01T22:33:18+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T17:49:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13T19:38:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T19:38:16+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-13T21:52:39+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-13T21:52:43+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-14T13:06:05+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-14T13:06:08+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T15:57:27+00:00** Notification that SB251 is now Act 304 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6eb99f68-f521-477e-9e46-ce04814f4e34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).