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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS BY FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE FARMER PROTECTION ACT."
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description: "TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS BY FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE FARMER PROTECTION ACT."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 409"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 409 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Torres"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-03-10T15:11:45+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-03-31T18:38:28+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45f17f77-8088-4486-a5b4-5cd43b0236a7"
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source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "cc653ccefc474f22a4d5c18d286bf22ec181657cf44bb0945e3415c292bee74c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
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---
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# Arkansas SB 409 (2025) — TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS BY FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE FARMER PROTECTION ACT.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Act 406** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=406.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
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2. **SB 409** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB409.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- B. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Torres — primary (person)
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- Achor — cosponsor (person)
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- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
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- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
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- Barker — cosponsor (person)
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- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Beck — cosponsor (person)
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- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
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- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
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- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
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- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
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- Childress — cosponsor (person)
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- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
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- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
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- Eaton — cosponsor (person)
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- Evans — cosponsor (person)
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- Furman — cosponsor (person)
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- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
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- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- John Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Long — cosponsor (person)
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- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
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- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Shepherd — cosponsor (person)
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- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
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- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
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- McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
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- McNair — cosponsor (person)
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- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Burkes — cosponsor (person)
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- Nazarenko — cosponsor (person)
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- Painter — cosponsor (person)
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- Pearce — cosponsor (person)
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- Perry — cosponsor (person)
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- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
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- Puryear — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Burkes — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ray — cosponsor (person)
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- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
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- Rose — cosponsor (person)
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- Rye — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
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- Schulz — cosponsor (person)
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- Steimel — cosponsor (person)
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- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
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- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
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- Unger — cosponsor (person)
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- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
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- Walker — cosponsor (person)
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- Wing — cosponsor (person)
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- Wooten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-10T15:11:45+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2025-03-10T18:41:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13T18:46:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-17T20:06:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-17T20:06:23+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2025-03-17T22:39:43+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2025-03-17T23:55:05+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-19T21:11:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-20T21:05:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-20T21:06:05+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
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- **2025-03-20T22:43:14+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
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- **2025-03-20T22:43:21+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2025-03-21T14:08:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2025-03-21T14:08:49+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-31T18:38:28+00:00** Notification that SB409 is now Act 406 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45f17f77-8088-4486-a5b4-5cd43b0236a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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