---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF LANDS LOCATED OR CREATED WITHIN LAKES OR RIVERS BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF LANDS LOCATED OR CREATED WITHIN LAKES OR RIVERS BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1163"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1163 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "G. Stubblefield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-18T20:05:36+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-27T19:17:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c29e358-b3f6-412b-bc95-30ea4fc13d80"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "37de6c440bcc0ec284d130e99d76307e7eff4a6dd0a1630d7ea0af6436eae225"
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 HB 1163 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF LANDS LOCATED OR CREATED WITHIN LAKES OR RIVERS BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=159.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1163-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1163** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1163.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18T20:05:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-18T22:32:45+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T16:52:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26T17:20:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T20:17:49+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-01-26T20:17:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T14:06:49+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-13T14:06:53+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-13T14:07:00+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-13T19:11:51+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-13T19:11:59+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T17:26:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20T19:50:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-20T19:50:57+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-02-20T20:57:54+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-02-20T20:58:04+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T17:01:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T17:23:51+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-02-23T17:23:54+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-23T21:45:21+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-27T19:17:46+00:00** Notification that HB1163 is now Act 159 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c29e358-b3f6-412b-bc95-30ea4fc13d80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).