---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS DATA CENTERS ACT OF 2023; TO PROHIBIT FOREIGN-PARTY-CONTROLLED OWNERSHIP OF A DIGITAL ASSET MINING BUSINESS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS DATA CENTERS ACT OF 2023; TO PROHIBIT FOREIGN-PARTY-CONTROLLED OWNERSHIP OF A DIGITAL ASSET MINING BUSINESS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2024F"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Arkansas SB 78 (2024F)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bryant"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-04-17T20:26:50+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-09T17:05:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7a3472c-5940-400a-8e2e-eab23896e8c3"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "68036032f7382fdfe3495b8966287e03feef497ecaae0a48eff9f69acdf61341"
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 78 (2024F) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS DATA CENTERS ACT OF 2023; TO PROHIBIT FOREIGN-PARTY-CONTROLLED OWNERSHIP OF A DIGITAL ASSET MINING BUSINESS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 78** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2024F/Bills/SB78.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Bryant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-17T20:26:50+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2024-04-17T20:39:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18T21:28:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23T18:30:05+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2024-04-23T18:30:15+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2024-04-23T18:56:55+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2024-04-23T18:57:09+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23T20:17:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-24T19:57:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-24T19:57:39+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2024-04-24T19:57:52+00:00** Ordered immediately returned to the House.
- **2024-04-24T21:07:10+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2024-04-24T21:31:45+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`
- **2024-04-30T18:03:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-01T18:57:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-01T18:57:29+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2024-05-01T18:57:36+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2024-05-01T20:27:21+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2024-05-01T20:27:30+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2024-05-01T20:40:24+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2024-05-01T20:40:30+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-09T17:05:29+00:00** Notification that SB78 is now Act 173 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7a3472c-5940-400a-8e2e-eab23896e8c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).