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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ENERGY; TO ESTABLISH A STATE ENERGY POLICY; TO REGULATE RETIREMENT OF DISPATCHABLE ELECTRIC GENERATION FACILITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ENERGY; TO ESTABLISH A STATE ENERGY POLICY; TO REGULATE RETIREMENT OF DISPATCHABLE ELECTRIC GENERATION FACILITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. us/states/ar Arkansas Legislature 2025 SB 596 Arkansas SB 596 (2025)
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M. McKee
McAlindon
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us-ar

Arkansas SB 596 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ENERGY; TO ESTABLISH A STATE ENERGY POLICY; TO REGULATE RETIREMENT OF DISPATCHABLE ELECTRIC GENERATION FACILITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

  1. Act 940 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment S2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Amendment S3 (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB 596 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • M. McKee — primary (person)
  • McAlindon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-03-31T23:23:29+00:00 Filed introduction
  • 2025-04-01T00:16:06+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-03T18:26:31+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-07T13:38:18+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
  • 2025-04-07T13:38:25+00:00 Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  • 2025-04-07T18:24:36+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  • 2025-04-07T22:06:20+00:00 Rules suspended.
  • 2025-04-07T22:06:46+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2025-04-07T22:06:53+00:00 EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
  • 2025-04-07T22:07:02+00:00 Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
  • 2025-04-07T23:50:34+00:00 RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
  • 2025-04-08T01:17:36+00:00 Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-14T23:39:49+00:00 Returned to the Senate as requested.
  • 2025-04-14T23:45:06+00:00 RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
  • 2025-04-15T00:25:29+00:00 Returned from the House as requested.
  • 2025-04-15T00:26:34+00:00 Motion to Expunge the Vote by which SB596 passed. Motion carried.
  • 2025-04-15T00:26:55+00:00 Amendment #2 was withdrawn.
  • 2025-04-15T00:27:07+00:00 Rules suspended.
  • 2025-04-15T00:27:13+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
  • 2025-04-15T00:27:22+00:00 Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  • 2025-04-15T00:42:26+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  • 2025-04-15T00:42:35+00:00 Rules suspended.
  • 2025-04-15T00:42:49+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2025-04-15T00:43:11+00:00 EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
  • 2025-04-15T00:43:12+00:00 Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
  • 2025-04-15T01:03:51+00:00 RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
  • 2025-04-15T01:03:56+00:00 Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE referral-committee
  • 2025-04-15T18:27:30+00:00 Returned by the Committee Do Pass committee-passage
  • 2025-04-16T17:36:54+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
  • 2025-04-16T17:36:57+00:00 EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
  • 2025-04-16T17:37:03+00:00 Returned to the Senate as passed.
  • 2025-04-16T19:05:04+00:00 Returned from the House as passed.
  • 2025-04-16T19:05:12+00:00 ORDERED ENROLLED
  • 2025-04-16T19:33:51+00:00 Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
  • 2025-04-16T19:33:53+00:00 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. executive-receipt
  • 2025-04-22T21:43:06+00:00 Notification that SB596 is now Act 940 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f48f6e7-f211-4b6f-be9c-7c6523c512c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).