Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 1656 — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION.

Last action — Notification that HB1656 is now Act 1024

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 04, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on April 22, 2025.

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High chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 52% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill HB 1656 has made an important change by adding new lines that presumably introduce additional provisions or clarifications to the legislation. At the same time, it has removed a reference to Act 1024 from the previous session, which may indicate that the bill is now less reliant on prior laws. These adjustments could impact how the law is interpreted or enforced, helping to streamline the legislative process and ensure the bill meets current needs more effectively.

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Act 1024 of the Regular Session State of Arkansas As Engrossed:
State of Arkansas As Engrossed:
S3/19/25 S4/1/25 HB1656 2 /s/Beck 4 APPROVED:
S3/19/25 S4/1/25 HB1656 2 /s/Beck 4 6 8 3 04-01-2025 11:41:49 CRH145
4/22/25 7 9 3 04-01-2025 11:41:49 CRH145
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Amendments

2 amendments

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Action History

  1. Notification that HB1656 is now Act 1024

  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

  3. TO BE ENROLLED

  4. Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.

  5. Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.

  6. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2

  7. Re-referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE

  8. Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2

  9. Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 .

  10. Read the third time and passed.

  11. Rules suspended.

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

  13. Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE

  14. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

  15. Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

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

  17. Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE

  18. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

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

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

  21. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE

  22. Received from the House.

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

  24. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

  25. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE

  26. Filed

Sponsors

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

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (136)

136 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Who sponsors HB 1656?
HB 1656 is sponsored by Breanne Davis and Rick Beck.
What is the current status of HB 1656?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 04, 2025. Enacted.
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