---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE THE FINANCING OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS, BUILDING RESILIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, AND WATER CONSERVATION IMPROVEMENTS."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE THE FINANCING OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS, BUILDING RESILIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, AND WATER CONSERVATION IMPROVEMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 448"
citation: "Arkansas SB 448 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Petty", "Lundstrum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-12T21:35:41+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:33:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12fedca8-ba27-4218-909a-ee4f09a95493"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1ff28f8ace71bee5cc08fdc80cb7948ee13a2322a707a8a8f0684966db429a0c"
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 448 (2025) — TO AUTHORIZE THE FINANCING OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS, BUILDING RESILIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, AND WATER CONSERVATION IMPROVEMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 579** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=579.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB448-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 448** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB448.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Petty — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — primary (person)
- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12T21:35:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-12T22:42:53+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T18:48:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31T19:14:37+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-31T19:14:44+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-31T22:28:10+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-01T20:41:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T20:41:20+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-01T22:44:12+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-02T01:45:52+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`
- **2025-04-02T23:40:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08T01:50:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T13:50:57+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:15:36+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:15:41+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T14:11:39+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-09T14:11:42+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-14T22:33:01+00:00** Notification that SB448 is now Act 579 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12fedca8-ba27-4218-909a-ee4f09a95493`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).