---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS BY FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE FARMER PROTECTION ACT."
description: "TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS BY FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE FARMER PROTECTION ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 409"
citation: "Arkansas SB 409 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Torres"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-10T15:11:45+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-31T18:38:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45f17f77-8088-4486-a5b4-5cd43b0236a7"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "cc653ccefc474f22a4d5c18d286bf22ec181657cf44bb0945e3415c292bee74c"
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 409 (2025) — TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS BY FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE FARMER PROTECTION ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 406** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=406.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 409** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB409.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- Torres — primary (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Childress — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Eaton — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
- John Carr — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
- M. Shepherd — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- N. Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- Nazarenko — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)
- Pearce — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Puryear — cosponsor (person)
- R. Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Schulz — cosponsor (person)
- Steimel — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10T15:11:45+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-10T18:41:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T18:46:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17T20:06:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:06:23+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-17T22:39:43+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-17T23:55:05+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T21:11:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20T21:05:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T21:06:05+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-20T22:43:14+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-20T22:43:21+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-21T14:08:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-21T14:08:49+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31T18:38:28+00:00** Notification that SB409 is now Act 406 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45f17f77-8088-4486-a5b4-5cd43b0236a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).