CONCERNING VEGETABLE GARDEN PROTECTION.
House Bill 1149 aimed to protect the right of individuals to cultivate vegetable gardens on their private residential property in Arkansas. The bill would have prevented counties, municipalities, and other local political subdivisions from prohibiting these gardens. It broadly defined a "vegetable garden" to include various edible plants, flowers, and pollinator plants grown for personal consumption or noncommercial sharing. Property owners would still need to comply with generally applicable local laws and zoning requirements.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2025
Last action May 5, 2025
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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