--- type: "Bill" title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC UTILITIES; TO CREATE THE GENERATING ARKANSAS JOBS ACT OF 2025; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY." description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC UTILITIES; TO CREATE THE GENERATING ARKANSAS JOBS ACT OF 2025; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY." jurisdiction: "us/states/ar" legislature: "Arkansas Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 307" citation: "Arkansas SB 307 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Eaves", "J. Dismang"] version_count: 4 action_count: 27 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2025-02-25T22:46:45+00:00" last_action: "2025-03-20T18:36:57+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/062d42f9-a09c-4225-bbe3-c7b1b3b03bc0" source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt" source_hash: "fb1ac086164534d14792cdecaf92e0863fa8c77b4a3716236819550b765e49be" 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 307 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC UTILITIES; TO CREATE THE GENERATING ARKANSAS JOBS ACT OF 2025; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Act 373** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=373.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) 2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB307-S1.pdf) 3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB307-S2.pdf) 4. **SB 307** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB307.pdf) ## Sponsors - Eaves — primary (person) - J. Dismang — primary (person) - Achor — cosponsor (person) - B. Davis — cosponsor (person) - B. Johnson — cosponsor (person) - B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person) - Barnett — cosponsor (person) - Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Brooks — cosponsor (person) - Clowney — cosponsor (person) - Cozart — cosponsor (person) - Duffield — cosponsor (person) - Eaton — cosponsor (person) - Eubanks — cosponsor (person) - Evans — cosponsor (person) - F. Allen — cosponsor (person) - Gilmore — cosponsor (person) - Gramlich — cosponsor (person) - Hall — cosponsor (person) - Hester — cosponsor (person) - J. Boyd — cosponsor (person) - J. Richardson — cosponsor (person) - Jean — cosponsor (person) - K. Ferguson — cosponsor (person) - L. Johnson — cosponsor (person) - Ladyman — cosponsor (person) - Lynch — cosponsor (person) - M. Brown — cosponsor (person) - M. McKee — cosponsor (person) - Maddox — cosponsor (person) - Pilkington — cosponsor (person) - R. Murdock — cosponsor (person) - R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person) - Rye — cosponsor (person) - S. Flowers — cosponsor (person) - Unger — cosponsor (person) - Warren — cosponsor (person) - Wing — cosponsor (person) - Wooten — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-25T22:46:45+00:00** Filed `introduction` - **2025-02-25T23:19:33+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-02-27T18:41:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-05T21:34:40+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3` - **2025-03-05T21:36:45+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which SB307 failed to pass. Motion carried. - **2025-03-11T21:10:25+00:00** Rules suspended. - **2025-03-11T21:11:05+00:00** Amendment #1 was withdrawn. - **2025-03-11T21:11:10+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment. - **2025-03-11T21:11:19+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. - **2025-03-12T18:33:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED - **2025-03-12T20:18:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-12T20:18:37+00:00** Emergency Clause failed of adoption. - **2025-03-12T20:18:44+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. - **2025-03-12T20:30:33+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which the Emergency Clause failed of Adoption. Motion carried. - **2025-03-12T20:31:02+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED - **2025-03-12T20:31:10+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. - **2025-03-12T22:00:30+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE - **2025-03-12T23:17:56+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-03-17T23:17:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage` - **2025-03-18T20:11:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-18T20:11:28+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED - **2025-03-18T20:11:35+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed. - **2025-03-18T21:32:44+00:00** Returned from the House as passed. - **2025-03-18T21:32:48+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED - **2025-03-19T13:15:48+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor. - **2025-03-19T13:15:51+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt` - **2025-03-20T18:36:57+00:00** Notification that SB307 is now Act 373 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/062d42f9-a09c-4225-bbe3-c7b1b3b03bc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).