---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MINERAL, TIMBER, AND OTHER RESOURCES ON STATE LANDS; TO REDUCE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE; AND TO AMEND THE NOTIFICATION RELATED TO LEASES AND PERMITS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MINERAL, TIMBER, AND OTHER RESOURCES ON STATE LANDS; TO REDUCE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE; AND TO AMEND THE NOTIFICATION RELATED TO LEASES AND PERMITS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 368"
citation: "Arkansas SB 368 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "M. Shepherd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-04T15:58:33+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T18:11:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0073ab51-3b21-4a73-ad46-a9378e71ce26"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "23d6eed511c4095f624589ba20f94f6fc3ed969ae036da9dac0360e17a4aa6ca"
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 368 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MINERAL, TIMBER, AND OTHER RESOURCES ON STATE LANDS; TO REDUCE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE; AND TO AMEND THE NOTIFICATION RELATED TO LEASES AND PERMITS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 445** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=445.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 368** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB368.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- M. Shepherd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04T15:58:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-04T19:46:23+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T18:38:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17T19:52:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T19:52:35+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-17T22:38:57+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-17T23:54:20+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`
- **2025-03-19T18:39:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T20:40:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T20:40:12+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-31T22:52:58+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-31T22:53:02+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-01T14:17:20+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-01T14:17:29+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T18:11:20+00:00** Notification that SB368 is now Act 445 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0073ab51-3b21-4a73-ad46-a9378e71ce26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).