---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OIL AND GAS COMMISSION; AND TO REQUIRE THE OIL AND GAS COMMISSION TO NOTIFY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCERNING CERTAIN PERMITS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OIL AND GAS COMMISSION; AND TO REQUIRE THE OIL AND GAS COMMISSION TO NOTIFY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCERNING CERTAIN PERMITS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1385"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1385 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Cooper", "J. Payton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-03T20:55:11+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-20T15:49:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/394944c2-f014-4266-8519-3d7020a77b47"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0029adafdff1843a9a696b171f2698e088bc90b31383629008afd98897612675"
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 1385 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OIL AND GAS COMMISSION; AND TO REQUIRE THE OIL AND GAS COMMISSION TO NOTIFY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCERNING CERTAIN PERMITS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 374** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=374.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1385-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1385** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1385.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Cooper — primary (person)
- J. Payton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03T20:55:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-03T23:30:17+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`
- **2025-02-05T17:24:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18T14:37:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-18T14:37:45+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-18T16:31:25+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-19T04:31:30+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T17:29:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T20:19:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T23:10:54+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-06T23:11:03+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T18:39:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17T20:32:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:32:19+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-17T22:42:59+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-17T22:43:02+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-18T16:40:18+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-20T15:49:41+00:00** Notification that HB1385 is now Act 374 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/394944c2-f014-4266-8519-3d7020a77b47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).