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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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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 596"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 596 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["M. McKee", "McAlindon"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-03-31T23:23:29+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-22T21:43:06+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f48f6e7-f211-4b6f-be9c-7c6523c512c0"
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source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "6e0e60c3d59ab61cb9b1a68934f0ad49a5273ed807f831faa9a566b5662b9bb3"
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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 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.
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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 940** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=940.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
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2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB596-S1.pdf)
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3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB596-S2.pdf)
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4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB596-S3.pdf)
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5. **SB 596** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB596.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- M. McKee — primary (person)
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- McAlindon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-31T23:23:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2025-04-01T00:16:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-04-07T13:38:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2025-04-07T13:38:25+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2025-04-07T18:24:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-04-07T22:06:20+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2025-04-07T22:06:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-07T22:06:53+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- **2025-04-07T22:07:02+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2025-04-07T23:50:34+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **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`
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- **2025-04-14T23:39:49+00:00** Returned to the Senate as requested.
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- **2025-04-14T23:45:06+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2025-04-15T00:25:29+00:00** Returned from the House as requested.
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- **2025-04-15T00:26:34+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which SB596 passed. Motion carried.
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- **2025-04-15T00:26:55+00:00** Amendment #2 was withdrawn.
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- **2025-04-15T00:27:07+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2025-04-15T00:27:13+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2025-04-15T00:27:22+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2025-04-15T00:42:26+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-04-15T00:42:35+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2025-04-15T00:42:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15T00:43:11+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- **2025-04-15T00:43:12+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2025-04-15T01:03:51+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2025-04-15T01:03:56+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-15T18:27:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-16T17:36:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16T17:36:57+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- **2025-04-16T17:37:03+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
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- **2025-04-16T19:05:04+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
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- **2025-04-16T19:05:12+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2025-04-16T19:33:51+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2025-04-16T19:33:53+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-22T21:43:06+00:00** Notification that SB596 is now Act 940 `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/5f48f6e7-f211-4b6f-be9c-7c6523c512c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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