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2025R: SB259 ACT 293

TO TRANSFER APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS WATERWAYS COMMISSION TO THE GOVERNOR.

Latest action: Notification that SB259 is now Act 293

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Sponsor	Role
Gilmore	lead
Beaty Jr.	primary

When	Chamber	Action
Feb 19, 2025, 1:10 p.m. CT	Senate	Filed
Feb 19, 2025, 1:42 p.m. CT	Senate	Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE
Feb 25, 2025, 1:44 p.m. CT	Senate	Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
Feb 26, 2025, 1:56 p.m. CT	Senate	Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
Feb 26, 2025, 1:56 p.m. CT	Senate	Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
Feb 26, 2025, 2:33 p.m. CT	Senate	REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Feb 27, 2025, 1:23 p.m. CT	Senate	Read the third time and passed. ·
Feb 27, 2025, 1:23 p.m. CT	Senate	Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
Feb 27, 2025, 2:40 p.m. CT	House	RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
Feb 27, 2025, 5:23 p.m. CT	House	Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE
Mar 5, 2025, 11:30 a.m. CT	House	Returned by the Committee Do Pass
Mar 10, 2025, 2:55 p.m. CT	House	Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. ·
Mar 10, 2025, 2:56 p.m. CT	House	Returned to the Senate as passed.
Mar 10, 2025, 5:28 p.m. CT	Senate	Returned from the House as passed.
Mar 10, 2025, 5:28 p.m. CT	Senate	ORDERED ENROLLED
Mar 11, 2025, 8:15 a.m. CT	Senate	Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
Mar 11, 2025, 8:15 a.m. CT	Senate	DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
Mar 12, 2025, 4:50 p.m. CT	Senate	Notification that SB259 is now Act 293

Meetings

When	Meeting	Video
Feb 25, 2025, 10:00 a.m. CT	Senate Ag, Forestry and Economic Development · Senate Room 309	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Feb 26, 2025, 1:30 p.m. CT	Senate Floor Session · Senate Chamber	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Feb 27, 2025, 12:30 p.m. CT	Senate Floor Session · Senate Chamber	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Mar 5, 2025, 10:00 a.m. CT	House Agriculture and Economic Dev Committee · Committee Room 138	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Mar 10, 2025, 1:30 p.m. CT	House Meeting · House	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar

Filed amendments on record: S1 (Senate) by Gilmore, filed Feb 25, 2025, 12:10 p.m. CT.

Number	Chamber	Sponsor	Introduced
S1	Senate	Gilmore	Feb 25, 2025, 12:10 p.m. CT

Committee actions

Do Pass · House · Mar 5, 2025, 11:30 a.m. CT
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
Do Pass as amended · Senate · Feb 25, 2025, 1:44 p.m. CT
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1

Floor roll calls

House · RCS 495

Monday, March 10, 2025 2:55:57 PM · arkleg

83Yea

5Nay

9Not voting

3Present

0Excused

Yea (83)

Nay (5)

Present (3)

Not voting (9)

Senate · RCS 361

Thursday, February 27, 2025 1:23:30 PM · arkleg

33Yea

0Nay

1Not voting

0Present

1Excused

Yea (33)

Excused (1)

Clint Penzo (R)

Not voting (1)

Bryan King (R)

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