SB 146 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "RECREATIONAL PURPOSE" AS USED IN RELATION TO THE LIABILITY OF A PROPERTY OWNER WHO MAKES LAND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.

SB 146 amends Arkansas law to expand the definition of "recreational purpose" for property owner liability. It explicitly adds activities like skateboarding, hoverboarding, rock climbing, mountain biking, horseback riding, and viewing historical sites to the list of uses covered under existing liability protections. This change directly affects property owners who allow public access for recreation, clarifying which activities qualify for limited liability when accidents occur. The bill does not create new rules but updates the definition to include modern recreational activities previously not specifically listed.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Signed Feb 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 100 SB 146 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text shows minor formatting and structural changes between Act 100 and SB 146, with no substantive policy modifications. The changes include reformatting of the definition of 'recreational purpose' and removal of an approval date line, while maintaining the same hunting, fishing, swimming, and boating activities under the recreational purpose definition.
TECHNICAL

Reformatted the list of recreational activities from indented sub-items to aligned items with consistent spacing

Removed the 'APPROVED: 2/18/25' line that appeared in the previous version

Updated header formatting and page numbering layout without changing substantive content

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Feb 18, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB146 is now Act 100
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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