---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROHIBIT A MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS IN WATERSHEDS AND OTHER BODIES OF WATER."
description: "TO PROHIBIT A MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS IN WATERSHEDS AND OTHER BODIES OF WATER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 290"
citation: "Arkansas SB 290 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Vaught"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T15:29:29+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:40:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a4c9fcf-415c-40f5-922a-755bd503e8c6"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f21698447fd77caf82f50dfc89d11b1a7caead3ae40ad42e0efe27257c066fbe"
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 290 (2025) — TO PROHIBIT A MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS IN WATERSHEDS AND OTHER BODIES OF WATER.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 921** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=921.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB290-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB290-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB290-S2.pdf)
5. **SB 290** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB290.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T15:29:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-25T19:59:24+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T19:16:58+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-03-31T19:17:07+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-03-31T19:17:14+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-31T22:27:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-31T22:27:29+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T19:00:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02T13:13:04+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-02T13:13:12+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-02T18:11:13+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-03T20:09:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T20:10:01+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-03T22:02:07+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-04T00:13:17+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`
- **2025-04-08T00:57:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09T21:38:59+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T18:32:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14T13:31:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-14T13:32:01+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-14T14:37:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-15T21:08:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:08:19+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-15T23:50:22+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-16T13:58:01+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-16T13:59:18+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-16T13:59:27+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-16T13:59:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T13:59:46+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T19:17:49+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-16T19:17:53+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22T21:40:46+00:00** Notification that SB290 is now Act 921 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a4c9fcf-415c-40f5-922a-755bd503e8c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).