---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL PLANNING; AND TO REQUIRE AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR CHANGES TO THE ZONING OR DISTRICT DESIGNATION OF PROPERTY IN CERTAIN INSTANCES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL PLANNING; AND TO REQUIRE AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR CHANGES TO THE ZONING OR DISTRICT DESIGNATION OF PROPERTY IN CERTAIN INSTANCES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 505"
citation: "Arkansas SB 505 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. McKenzie", "J. Bryant"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18T19:23:58+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:36:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b8f8d42-0b9b-4047-ba21-dedea76d5ce2"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d5c29796e925651190523becd64b16e1ca1e3b4cae33c238f8c88a58e58641ff"
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 505 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL PLANNING; AND TO REQUIRE AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR CHANGES TO THE ZONING OR DISTRICT DESIGNATION OF PROPERTY IN CERTAIN INSTANCES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 595** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=595.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB505-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 505** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB505.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. McKenzie — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18T19:23:58+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-18T20:52:19+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T18:48:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31T19:16:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-31T19:16:14+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-31T22:30:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-01T21:19:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T21:19:34+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-01T22:45:59+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-02T01:49:33+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T18:28:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08T01:23:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T13:23:42+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:18:01+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:18:05+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T14:12:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-09T14:12:49+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-14T22:36:24+00:00** Notification that SB505 is now Act 595 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b8f8d42-0b9b-4047-ba21-dedea76d5ce2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).