---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION TO SUPPLY A PUBLIC SERVICE OR TO EXTEND A PUBLIC SERVICE."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION TO SUPPLY A PUBLIC SERVICE OR TO EXTEND A PUBLIC SERVICE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 594"
citation: "Arkansas SB 594 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. McKee", "Milligan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-31T21:39:44+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T20:58:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0fa471a-f7a8-4de1-8b2a-520449434ca7"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6af7251f4ca4c45d95dc669f01150169b99e0ef5e38eeb3677660c7da262af54"
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 594 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION TO SUPPLY A PUBLIC SERVICE OR TO EXTEND A PUBLIC SERVICE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 705** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=705.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 594** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB594.pdf)

## Sponsors

- M. McKee — primary (person)
- Milligan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31T21:39:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-31T22:43:31+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T19:13:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02T22:31:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T22:31:21+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-02T23:33:14+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-03T00:49:26+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`
- **2025-04-07T18:21:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10T00:11:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T00:11:44+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:22:07+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:22:11+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:18:22+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-10T13:18:25+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T20:58:44+00:00** Notification that SB594 is now Act 705 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0fa471a-f7a8-4de1-8b2a-520449434ca7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).