---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ENERGY; TO ESTABLISH A STATE ENERGY POLICY; TO REGULATE RETIREMENT OF DISPATCHABLE ELECTRIC GENERATION FACILITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ENERGY; TO ESTABLISH A STATE ENERGY POLICY; TO REGULATE RETIREMENT OF DISPATCHABLE ELECTRIC GENERATION FACILITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 596"
citation: "Arkansas SB 596 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. McKee", "McAlindon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-31T23:23:29+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:43:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f48f6e7-f211-4b6f-be9c-7c6523c512c0"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6e0e60c3d59ab61cb9b1a68934f0ad49a5273ed807f831faa9a566b5662b9bb3"
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 596 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ENERGY; TO ESTABLISH A STATE ENERGY POLICY; TO REGULATE RETIREMENT OF DISPATCHABLE ELECTRIC GENERATION FACILITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 940** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=940.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB596-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB596-S2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB596-S3.pdf)
5. **SB 596** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB596.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31T23:23:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-01T00:16:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T18:26:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T13:38:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T13:38:25+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-07T18:24:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-07T22:06:20+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-07T22:06:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T22:06:53+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-07T22:07:02+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-07T23:50:34+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-08T01:17:36+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`
- **2025-04-14T23:39:49+00:00** Returned to the Senate as requested.
- **2025-04-14T23:45:06+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-15T00:25:29+00:00** Returned from the House as requested.
- **2025-04-15T00:26:34+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which SB596 passed. Motion carried.
- **2025-04-15T00:26:55+00:00** Amendment #2 was withdrawn.
- **2025-04-15T00:27:07+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-15T00:27:13+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-15T00:27:22+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-15T00:42:26+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-15T00:42:35+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-15T00:42:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T00:43:11+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-15T00:43:12+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-15T01:03:51+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-15T01:03:56+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15T18:27:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16T17:36:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T17:36:57+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-16T17:37:03+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-16T19:05:04+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-16T19:05:12+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T19:33:51+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-16T19:33:53+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22T21:43:06+00:00** Notification that SB596 is now Act 940 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f48f6e7-f211-4b6f-be9c-7c6523c512c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).