---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2001; TO PREVENT COST-SHIFTING AND ENSURE FAIRNESS TO ALL RATEPAYERS; TO CREATE THE CUSTOMER PROTECTIONS FOR NET-METERING CUSTOMERS ACT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2001; TO PREVENT COST-SHIFTING AND ENSURE FAIRNESS TO ALL RATEPAYERS; TO CREATE THE CUSTOMER PROTECTIONS FOR NET-METERING CUSTOMERS ACT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 295"
citation: "Arkansas SB 295 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "L. Fite"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-20T22:56:37+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-16T16:22:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62a6a0a2-6e3a-4eb0-b643-fb283cee58c0"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fe573d693e898fa1393da7f1bb9f265eef5aad71589ceb5c5de6d045f87a05d5"
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 295 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2001; TO PREVENT COST-SHIFTING AND ENSURE FAIRNESS TO ALL RATEPAYERS; TO CREATE THE CUSTOMER PROTECTIONS FOR NET-METERING CUSTOMERS ACT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 278** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=278.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB295-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB295-S2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB295-S3.pdf)
5. **SB 295** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB295.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **73–14** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **24–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- L. Fite — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20T22:56:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-20T23:02:35+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T19:45:29+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-02-22T19:45:36+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-22T19:45:41+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-22T19:45:53+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-22T20:49:06+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-22T20:49:18+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T23:10:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27T19:49:19+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-27T19:49:26+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-27T20:40:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-28T20:23:35+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T17:38:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06T19:39:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-06T19:40:02+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-06T21:11:46+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-07T21:06:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T21:06:17+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-07T21:06:27+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-07T22:06:07+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-07T22:43:56+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`
- **2023-03-08T17:46:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T18:14:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T18:14:07+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-09T18:14:14+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-09T19:44:29+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-09T19:44:34+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-09T21:10:15+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-09T21:10:18+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16T16:22:07+00:00** Notification that SB295 is now Act 278 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62a6a0a2-6e3a-4eb0-b643-fb283cee58c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).