---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES EXPANSION ACT; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES TO SECURE AND DEVELOP INDUSTRY AND FOSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT."
description: "TO CREATE THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES EXPANSION ACT; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES TO SECURE AND DEVELOP INDUSTRY AND FOSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 361"
citation: "Arkansas SB 361 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beaty Jr.", "Dees"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-03T22:10:01+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:32:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fea7fd0f-eea0-4276-bb41-2bc36074150e"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2361af618fe72db137d6c8a8893742df130c23ae6d39641f8a8b8a82e153c868"
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 361 (2025) — TO CREATE THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES EXPANSION ACT; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES TO SECURE AND DEVELOP INDUSTRY AND FOSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 576** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=576.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 361** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB361.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beaty Jr. — primary (person)
- Dees — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03T22:10:01+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-03T22:58:07+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T18:42:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12T20:31:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12T20:32:06+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-12T22:01:21+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-12T23:19:03+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`
- **2025-04-02T19:18:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08T01:22:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T13:22:46+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:12:04+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:12:08+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T14:09:49+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-09T14:09:52+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-14T22:32:08+00:00** Notification that SB361 is now Act 576 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fea7fd0f-eea0-4276-bb41-2bc36074150e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).