---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS NUCLEAR RECYCLING PROGRAM."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS NUCLEAR RECYCLING PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1142"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1142 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Ladyman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17T18:45:51+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-13T12:42:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7fd654a-d1ad-4228-8c01-d63b51a75e8b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5497f0c002233ce8e2c7b3f5eb295c40922bf77f924a31fc9438f342be8ced4d"
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 HB 1142 (2023) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS NUCLEAR RECYCLING PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=259.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1142-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1142-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1142** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1142.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **26–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Ladyman — primary (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17T18:45:51+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-17T20:05:55+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T14:31:01+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-26T14:31:08+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-26T15:42:19+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-27T14:32:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-27T14:32:37+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27T19:03:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-02T17:29:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T20:51:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T22:43:48+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-06T22:43:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T19:45:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09T19:32:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T19:32:35+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-09T20:22:02+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-09T20:22:04+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-09T20:51:29+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-13T12:42:26+00:00** Notification that HB1142 is now Act 259 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7fd654a-d1ad-4228-8c01-d63b51a75e8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).