SB 265 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

TO REDUCE AND MODIFY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE LICENSING COMMITTEE RELATING TO WASTEWATER AND THE LICENSING COMMITTEE RELATING TO SOLID WASTE; AND TO AMEND THE APPRENTICESHIP LICENSES IN SOLID WASTE LICENSING.

SB 265 reduces the size of two licensing committees: one for wastewater and one for solid waste. It modifies committee membership rules and updates requirements for apprenticeship licenses in solid waste licensing. This bill directly affects the committees that oversee these licenses and individuals seeking to work in solid waste management through apprenticeship programs. The changes became law as Act 294 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 20, 2025 Signed Mar 12, 2025
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Act 294 SB 265 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill underwent minor formatting and layout changes during its legislative journey from Act 294 to SB 265. These changes include adjustments to header information, approval dates, and document metadata rather than substantive policy modifications.
TECHNICAL

Header formatting was updated to reflect the bill number SB 265 instead of Act 294, with adjusted spacing and layout elements.

Approval date line was modified, removing the specific approval date (3/12/25) while keeping the document metadata intact.

Document metadata in the header section was slightly adjusted, changing the spacing around the date and time stamp.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Mar 12, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB265 is now Act 294
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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