Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 463 — TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO APPROVE OR DENY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS CONCERNING CLOSING OR ELIMINATING ELECTRIC GENERATION UNITS OR TRANSMISSION ASSETS.

Last action — Notification that SB463 is now Act 580

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 14, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on April 14, 2025.

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High chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 60% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 32 sponsors

    2 primary, 30 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 recent update to Bill SB 463, a specific reference to an older piece of legislation, Act 580 from the Regular Session, was removed. This change is significant because it clarifies that the current bill stands on its own and is not tied to previous laws. By streamlining the text, the bill aims to improve its focus and effectiveness in addressing the issues it seeks to remedy. This helps ensure that the new provisions are clear and relevant to current circumstances.

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Act 580 of the Regular Session State ofArkansas 95th GeneralAssembly ABill Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 463 5 By:
State ofArkansas 95th GeneralAssembly ABill Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 463 5 By:
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Action History

  1. Notification that SB463 is now Act 580

  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 INSURANCE & COMMERCE- 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 INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE

  15. Filed

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 30 co-sponsors · 106 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (30)

Not signed on (106)

106 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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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 463?
SB 463 is sponsored by R. Scott Richardson, Jeremiah Moore, Brandon Achor, Zack Gramlich, Howard M. Beaty, Jr., Mindy McAlindon, Dave Wallace, Matt Stone, Jamie Scott, Terry Rice, Blake Johnson, Missy Irvin, Ricky Hill, Bart Hester, Ben Gilmore, Scott Flippo, Jane English, Jonathan Dismang, Tyler Dees, Breanne Davis, Steve Crowell, Alan Clark, Ronald Caldwell, Joshua Bryant, Justin Boyd, Jim Petty, Reginald Murdock, Mark Johnson, Clint Penzo, Matt Brown, Matt McKee, and Gary Stubblefield.
What is the current status of SB 463?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 14, 2025. Enacted.
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