---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION ACT; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"UNPAVED TRAIL PROJECT\"."
description: "TO AMEND THE BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION ACT; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"UNPAVED TRAIL PROJECT\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 498"
citation: "Arkansas SB 498 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Maddox"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-28T13:51:55+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:04:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42836028-711e-4cf1-817d-cb927ec509fc"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1cf44b083fa3bb32f69a55e811c54a66e537ceb6a3bf117c272ca4261bb389d1"
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 498 (2023) — TO AMEND THE BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION ACT; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "UNPAVED TRAIL PROJECT".

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 661** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=661.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 498** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB498.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Maddox — primary (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28T13:51:55+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-28T18:52:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:23:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03T19:30:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T19:30:11+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-03T22:56:46+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-04T00:46:14+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`
- **2023-04-05T18:12:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T21:08:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T21:08:07+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:25:35+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:25:37+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:32:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:32:48+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:04:36+00:00** Notification that SB498 is now Act 661 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42836028-711e-4cf1-817d-cb927ec509fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).