Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 174 — TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 8 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW.

Last action — Notification that SB174 is now Act 167

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on February 25, 2025.

Prognosis

Advancing 56% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    2 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill SB 174, a line has been added to clarify its implementation details, while a reference to another act from a previous session has been removed. This change matters because it helps streamline the bill, making it clearer and more straightforward for lawmakers and the public to understand how the bill will function going forward.

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Act 167 of the Regular Session State of Arkansas 95th General Assembly A Bill Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 174 5 By:
State of Arkansas 95th General Assembly A Bill Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 174 5 By:
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How this bill changes current law

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The bill makes technical corrections to existing provisions in Title 8 of the Arkansas Code concerning environmental law.

  • Arkansas Code § 8-9-410(d)

    may

    This change corrects a grammatical error by affirming the use of the word 'may' in the section.

  • Arkansas Code § 8-9-802(4)(A)

    University of Arkansas system, in conjunction with other institutions of higher education, can and is willing to provide a detailed analysis examining the benefits of "New Nuclear" compared to the risks of continued storage of spent nuclear fuel at Arkansas Nuclear One; → University of Arkansas system, in conjunction with other institutions of higher education, can and is willing to provide a detailed analysis examining the benefits of 'New Nuclear' compared to the risks of continued storage of spent nuclear fuel at Arkansas Nuclear One;

    This amendment clarifies a reference in the legislative findings.

Action History

  1. Notification that SB174 is now Act 167

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.

  3. Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.

  4. ORDERED ENROLLED

  5. Returned from the House as passed.

  6. Returned to the Senate as passed.

  7. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

  8. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

  9. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE

  10. RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE

  11. Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.

  12. Read the third time and passed.

  13. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

  14. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

  15. Filed

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 134 not signed on

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Not signed on (134)

134 members have not signed on to this bill.

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environment technology
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 174?
SB 174 is sponsored by Matthew J. Shepherd, Joshua Bryant, Jimmy Gazaway, and Clarke Tucker.
What is the current status of SB 174?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2025. Enacted.
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