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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO AMEND THE METHOD OF EXECUTION TO INCLUDE NITROGEN GAS."
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description: "TO AMEND THE METHOD OF EXECUTION TO INCLUDE NITROGEN GAS."
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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: "HB 1489"
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citation: "Arkansas HB 1489 (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", "Wardlaw"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-02-14T16:06:24+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-03-18T18:47:24+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/474af5e3-449d-4440-86a1-a17540b0eb67"
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source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "3fb39497a03332c6c3ba3d05e5bc92b7a77189378d2fad46d39737d5eacb10d4"
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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 HB 1489 (2025) — TO AMEND THE METHOD OF EXECUTION TO INCLUDE NITROGEN GAS.
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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 302** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=302.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
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2. **HB 1489** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1489.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- B. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Wardlaw — primary (person)
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- Andrews — 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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- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
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- Caldwell — 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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- Crowell — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- Dees — cosponsor (person)
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- Duffield — cosponsor (person)
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- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
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- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
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- Furman — cosponsor (person)
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- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
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- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
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- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
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- Hester — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
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- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. English — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Payton — cosponsor (person)
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- Jean — 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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- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ladyman — 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. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
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- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
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- McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- McCollum — 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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- Nazarenko — cosponsor (person)
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- Painter — cosponsor (person)
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- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
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- Puryear — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ray — cosponsor (person)
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- Rice — cosponsor (person)
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- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
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- Rye — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
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- Stone — cosponsor (person)
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- Torres — cosponsor (person)
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- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
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- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
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- Walker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-14T16:06:24+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2025-02-17T23:19:33+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-27T17:58:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-04T20:03:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04T22:10:29+00:00** Received from the House.
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- **2025-03-04T22:10:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11T00:02:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-11T20:35:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-11T20:35:20+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
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- **2025-03-11T21:35:18+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
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- **2025-03-11T21:35:20+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
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- **2025-03-12T12:59:51+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
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- **2025-03-18T18:47:24+00:00** Notification that HB1489 is now Act 302 `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/474af5e3-449d-4440-86a1-a17540b0eb67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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