SB 259 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

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

SB 259 transfers the authority to appoint the Director of the Arkansas Waterways Commission from its current appointing body to the Governor. The bill requires the Governor's appointment to be confirmed by the Arkansas Senate before taking effect. This change directly affects the Governor, the Senate, and the Waterways Commission by altering the appointment process. The bill became law as Act 293 on March 12, 2025.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Feb 19, 2025 Signed Mar 12, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 293 → SB 259 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from 'Act 293' to 'SB 259' with minor formatting adjustments including spacing changes and removal of the approval date line. No substantive policy changes were made to the legislative content itself.

TECHNICAL

Header text changed from 'Act 293 of the Regular Session' to 'SB 259' with updated session information

Approval date line 'APPROVED: 3/12/25' was removed from the document

Additional blank lines were inserted in the document formatting

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Committee

Mar 12, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that SB259 is now Act 293

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned from the House as passed.

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned to the Senate as passed.

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Feb 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Introduced

Filed

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors