---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES RELATED TO FORESTRY; AND TO AMEND THE POWERS OF THE ARKANSAS FORESTRY COMMISSION."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES RELATED TO FORESTRY; AND TO AMEND THE POWERS OF THE ARKANSAS FORESTRY COMMISSION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 249"
citation: "Arkansas SB 249 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beaty Jr.", "Stone"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-18T15:51:35+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T21:50:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1da2b23d-4d84-48ce-b4e7-f52e298c9cb4"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ef966543012d4f2a1e57c09790ed793f7780dee0cf0c478e8667ced1e01956d5"
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 249 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES RELATED TO FORESTRY; AND TO AMEND THE POWERS OF THE ARKANSAS FORESTRY COMMISSION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 291** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=291.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 249** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB249.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beaty Jr. — primary (person)
- Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18T15:51:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-18T16:49:02+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T19:43:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26T20:01:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T20:02:02+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-26T21:10:02+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-26T23:37:08+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`
- **2025-03-05T17:29:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T19:53:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T19:53:07+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:27:10+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:27:13+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-11T13:14:52+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-11T13:14:54+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12T21:50:04+00:00** Notification that SB249 is now Act 291 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1da2b23d-4d84-48ce-b4e7-f52e298c9cb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).