TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 18 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PROPERTY.
HB 1358 makes minor technical corrections to Arkansas property laws in Title 18 of the Arkansas Code. It fixes a typo in the felony penalty for foreign-controlled businesses violating land ownership rules (changing "is guilty of a an unclassified felony" to "is guilty of an unclassified felony") and corrects reference errors in definitions related to foreign agricultural land ownership. These changes clarify existing provisions about "significant interest" and "substantial control" without altering the underlying law. The bill affects foreign-owned businesses and landowners subject to current property ownership restrictions, but does not create new requirements or penalties.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 31, 2025
Signed Feb 25, 2025
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What changed between versions
Act 174
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HB 1358
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2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from Act 174 to HB 1358, removing the approval date and adjusting header formatting. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content.
TECHNICAL
Removed the approval date (2/25/25) that was present in the previous Act 174 version.
Changed the bill title from Act 174 to HB 1358 and updated the session year information.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Feb 25, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1358 is now Act 174
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as Passed.
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Clarke Tucker
DDemocratic
P
Jimmy Gazaway
RRepublican
Co
Josh Bryant
RRepublican
Co
Matthew Shepherd
RRepublican
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