---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE THE ARKANSAS NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER, WASTE DISPOSAL, AND POLLUTION ABATEMENT PROJECTS."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE THE ARKANSAS NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER, WASTE DISPOSAL, AND POLLUTION ABATEMENT PROJECTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 421"
citation: "Arkansas SB 421 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beaty Jr.", "Hester"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-11T15:48:19+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:32:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3877ce37-1e93-4687-bf9c-191a4444bf98"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b8f31f0a1e27ce4445dd5a1f5ee7a71cda3ebd9e23f8372bda83e25c8bf87f47"
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 421 (2025) — TO AUTHORIZE THE ARKANSAS NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER, WASTE DISPOSAL, AND POLLUTION ABATEMENT PROJECTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 578** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=578.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 421** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB421.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beaty Jr. — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11T15:48:19+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-11T18:51:38+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T18:37:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19T20:35:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T20:35:25+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-19T21:34:26+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-19T22:26:24+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`
- **2025-04-02T19:17:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08T01:21:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T13:21:11+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:14:04+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:14:09+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T14:10:45+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-09T14:10:48+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-14T22:32:40+00:00** Notification that SB421 is now Act 578 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3877ce37-1e93-4687-bf9c-191a4444bf98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).