---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REDUCE AND MODIFY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE LICENSING COMMITTEE RELATING TO WASTEWATER AND THE LICENSING COMMITTEE RELATING TO SOLID WASTE; AND TO AMEND THE APPRENTICESHIP LICENSES IN SOLID WASTE LICENSING."
description: "TO REDUCE AND MODIFY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE LICENSING COMMITTEE RELATING TO WASTEWATER AND THE LICENSING COMMITTEE RELATING TO SOLID WASTE; AND TO AMEND THE APPRENTICESHIP LICENSES IN SOLID WASTE LICENSING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 265"
citation: "Arkansas SB 265 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gramlich", "Irvin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-20T16:53:35+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T21:50:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c6688b9-7120-4c2a-96cd-ec6ccae026d9"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ff7f1883b1b80ad90647cf42873c126d0d1bc3fa3c3dca9e5a715c616ca56dfe"
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 265 (2025) — TO REDUCE AND MODIFY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE LICENSING COMMITTEE RELATING TO WASTEWATER AND THE LICENSING COMMITTEE RELATING TO SOLID WASTE; AND TO AMEND THE APPRENTICESHIP LICENSES IN SOLID WASTE LICENSING.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 294** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=294.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB265-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB265-S1.pdf)
4. **SB 265** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB265.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gramlich — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20T16:53:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-20T17:14:15+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T14:00:42+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-02-25T14:00:53+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-25T19:41:57+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-25T19:42:05+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T23:23:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27T19:35:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T19:35:44+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-27T20:40:49+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-27T23:23:46+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T18:43:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T19:41:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-05T19:41:58+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-05T19:58:56+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-10T19:46:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T19:46:39+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-03-10T22:23:57+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-03-11T18:59:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-11T18:59:54+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-03-11T19:00:01+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-03-11T19:00:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11T19:00:28+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-11T21:27:09+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-11T21:27:13+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12T21:50:59+00:00** Notification that SB265 is now Act 294 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c6688b9-7120-4c2a-96cd-ec6ccae026d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).