Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 60 — TO PROHIBIT A DIGITAL ASSET MINING BUSINESS FROM BEING LOCATED WITHIN A THIRTY-MILE RADIUS OF A MILITARY FACILITY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Last action — Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Bill Text

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The bill prohibits digital asset mining businesses from operating within a thirty-mile radius of military facilities in Arkansas.

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    14-1-607. Operation of digital asset mining business within thirty-mile radius of military facility prohibited — Definition.

    This establishes a new law that prohibits digital asset mining businesses near military facilities.

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    (a) As used in this section: (1) "Military facility" means the: (A) Little Rock Air Force Base; (B) Camp Joseph T. Robinson Maneuver Training Center; (C) Ebbing Air National Guard Base; (D) Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center; (E) Pine Bluff Arsenal; and (B) Includes without limitation a military: (i) Base or camp; (ii) Hospital or clinic; and (iii) Arsenal; (2) "Operation" means generating income as a result of generating digital assets by securing a blockchain network.

    This defines what constitutes a military facility and the operation of digital asset mining businesses.

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    (b) Unless the digital asset mining business was issued a permit by the Oil and Gas Commission on or before December 31, 2024, a digital asset mining business shall: (1) Not operate within a thirty-mile radius of a military facility; and (2) Cease construction of a location that is within a thirty-mile radius of a military facility.

    This stipulates regulations for existing digital asset mining businesses in relation to military facilities.

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    (c) Upon request of a person or upon receipt of information that leads the Attorney General to believe that a violation of this section may exist, the Attorney General may conduct an investigation that includes without limitation: (1) Receiving sworn statements; and (2) Issuing subpoenas to compel the: (A) Testimony of witnesses subpoenaed before him or her; and (B) Production of records and other documents under § 25-16-705.

    This grants the Attorney General investigative powers regarding violations of the new prohibition.

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    (d) If as a result of an investigation under subsection (c) of this section the Attorney General concludes that a violation of this section has occurred, the Attorney General shall order the digital asset mining business to shut down operations at each location that is within a thirty-mile radius of a military facility.

    This allows the Attorney General to order the shutdown of violations concerning the operation of digital asset mining businesses.

  • 14-1-607

    (a) The Oil and Gas Commission shall not issue a permit to a digital asset mining business that plans to operate at a location within a thirty-mile radius of a military facility on or after the effective date of this act.

    This prevents the Oil and Gas Commission from issuing new permits for mining operations near military facilities.

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    (b) If the commission has already issued a permit to a digital asset mining business that has a location that is within a thirty-mile radius of a military facility before the effective date of this act, the commission shall revoke the permit unless the digital asset mining facility shuts down operations or construction at the location that is within a thirty-mile radius of a military facility.

    This requires the revocation of existing permits for mining businesses operating near military facilities, unless they cease operations.

Amendments

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Action History

  1. Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.

  2. Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE

  3. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

  4. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

  5. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1

  6. Rules suspended.

  7. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE

  8. Filed

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on

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Not signed on (136)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 60?
SB 60 is sponsored by Brian S. Evans and Ricky Hill.
What is the current status of SB 60?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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