---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE ENERGY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN SOURCES BE CONSIDERED CARBON NEUTRAL; AND TO REQUIRE ENERGY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN SOURCES IN CONJUNCTION WITH CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES BE CONSIDERED CARBON NEGATIVE."
description: "TO REQUIRE ENERGY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN SOURCES BE CONSIDERED CARBON NEUTRAL; AND TO REQUIRE ENERGY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN SOURCES IN CONJUNCTION WITH CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES BE CONSIDERED CARBON NEGATIVE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 407"
citation: "Arkansas SB 407 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beaty Jr.", "M. McKee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-13T18:18:37+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:23:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8d9bf01-07b0-4718-8dcd-315d111965ba"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0f828afd4eb50d7756111c7eaf3530a2055d9204f2fbac0efedf69610bdd9474"
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 407 (2023) — TO REQUIRE ENERGY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN SOURCES BE CONSIDERED CARBON NEUTRAL; AND TO REQUIRE ENERGY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN SOURCES IN CONJUNCTION WITH CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES BE CONSIDERED CARBON NEGATIVE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 693** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=693.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB407-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 407** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB407.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **81–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beaty Jr. — primary (person)
- M. McKee — primary (person)
- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Crowell — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hickey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-13T18:18:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-13T21:11:02+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T18:36:22+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on calendar.
- **2023-03-14T18:36:30+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T16:23:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27T18:44:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-27T18:44:24+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-27T20:32:05+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-28T19:37:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:37:34+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-28T21:07:41+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-28T22:50:03+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`
- **2023-04-03T17:25:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T19:44:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T03:39:42+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:39:46+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:51:07+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:51:10+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:23:16+00:00** Notification that SB407 is now Act 693 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8d9bf01-07b0-4718-8dcd-315d111965ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).