SB437
To Create the Arkansas Wind Energy Development Act.
Hester · 2025 Regular Session · Notification that SB437 is now Act 945
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TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACT.
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28 mentions · 13 meetings · 11 named speakers
April 16, 2025
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Matched: “SB437 Hester Hall TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT…”
Senate immediately. Madam Clerk, please read Senate Bill 437. Senate
Mr. Speaker, colleagues. Today I bring you before Senate Bill 437.
...eral Region 6. I wanted to provide some DOD input for consideration on Arkansas SB 437 regarding the Wind Energy Development Act in case there is a chance to include language for this coordination with the military in the future. I apologiz...
vote representative hall is closed for the bill the question before the house is the passage of senate bill 437. Prepare the machine, Madam
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April 16, 2025
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Matched: “SB437 TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACT.”
Notice of passage of Senate Bill 437 by the
be Senate Bill 437, Senate Bill 491, Senate Bill 625, and Senate Bill 601.
we will take up Senate Bill 437.
signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Ayes have it. Amendment is concurred in. Senate Bill 437
Senate Bill 437 passes as amended, as concurred now with the amendment. Please enroll it. Next, we will
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April 14, 2025 · Insurance & Commerce (House)
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Matched: “…ICLE SAFETY GLASS; AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. SB437 Hester TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACT.…”
you. Thank you. All right. We're going to keep moving along here. We're going to move on to Senate Bill 437.
All right. Okay. Thank you. Representative Veves, you're recognized for your question. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is a question for you, I think. This is Senate Bill 437. Are we
Representative Wooden, Senate Bill 437 has specific setbacks and regulations on where windmills will be able to be built in the state of Arkansas. It's with that, those regulations, we at least have some protection. Right now we have nothin...
...m based here in Little Rock. Our organization supports sensible regulation, and Senate Bill 437 is not that. We've testified in favor of House Bill 1525, which is Representative Stemmel and Senator Irvin's bill, to require construction and ...
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April 9, 2025 · Insurance & Commerce (House)
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Matched: “SB437 Hester TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACT.”
to the one that we broke off with at the break, SB 437.
be a possibility. Yes, SB 437. Representative Eubanks is recognized. Yeah, I have a motion to expunge the vote by which we adopted the amendment. Representative, you may submit a motion to expunge the amendment that was adopted this morning...
Four of the bill. Okay. Is there anyone else, anyone who wants to speak against SB 437? You may go to the table and introduce yourself and who you're with and proceed with your testimony. I do want to say we've got house bills we have to ge...
... here in Arkansas. We own about 1.2 million acres of land in the state. Been operating since 1956. Just recently made a $500 million investment in the state to build a new mill in Monticello, And I'm here to testify against Senate Bill 437.
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April 9, 2025 · Insurance & Commerce (House)
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Matched: “SB437 Hester TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACT.e…”
... Hall. Where is it? Oh, I apologize. I did not see Representative Hall. I did not see it. I apologize. Just come to the end of the table, sir. This is Senate Bill 437, I believe, and there is an amendment which is being circulated by staff.
is Senate Bill 437. It deals with wind energy. across the state. First, I'd like to say I'm not a regulations guy,
...My family and I, we live here in Little Rock. I'm here today to strongly oppose Senate Bill 437. As mentioned previously by Mr. Pascal, the amendment that was passed moments ago strips out protections for projects that are under development...
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April 7, 2025
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Matched: “SB437 Hester TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACT.”
Is Senator Hester? Senate Bill 437. Senate
of 29 yea, 1 nay, 5 present. Senate Bill 437 passes. Please transmit to the House. Senator Clark, you're
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April 3, 2025
Matched: “your Committee on Insurance and Commerce, to whom is for Senate Bill 437 by Senator Hester, recommended to pass. Calendar. Committee…”
your Committee on Insurance and Commerce, to whom is for Senate Bill 437 by Senator Hester, recommended to pass. Calendar. Committee on Insurance and Commerce, to whom it was deferred Senate Bill 575, 475 by Senator Dismayne, recommended to...
April 3, 2025 · Insurance & Commerce (Senate)
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Matched: “SB437 Hester TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACT.”
People on their seats. We have another Senate bill. It is Senate Bill 437. Hey.
speak on Senate Bill 437 the Wind Energy Development Act today. My name is Simon Mahan I'm the executive director of the Southern Renewable Energy Association. We are a trade association of large scale renewable developers, that's wind ener...
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April 1, 2025 · Insurance & Commerce (Senate)
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Matched: “…ATIO IN THE ARKANSAS HEALTH AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ME PROGRAM. SB437 Hester TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACT.…”
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April 1, 2025 · Insurance & Commerce (Senate)
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Matched: “SB437 Hester TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACT.”
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March 20, 2025
Matched: “Committee on gross team who's first Senate Bill 437 by Senator Hester compared the engrossed copy with the orig…”
on Engrossed Bills, to whom it was referred to Senate Bill 437
March 18, 2025 · Insurance & Commerce (Senate)
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Matched: “…nvironmental, economic, cultural view, careful engineering, SB 437 creates a slew of new processes and”
...cludes planning, environmental, economic, cultural review, careful engineering. SB 437 creates a slew of new processes and regulations and setbacks for wind turbines. And I really wanted to kind of talk about long grain, and I know I'm shor...
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March 18, 2025 · Insurance & Commerce (Senate)
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Matched: “SB437 Hester TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACT.”
.... Motion by Senator Irvin, second by Senator Flowers, as amended. Yes, sir. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed, like sign. Thank you, Senator Irvin, for taking care of that. Thank you, Senator. All right. We will go to Senate Bill 437.
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Documents (8)
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Apr 14, 2025 · April 14, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Apr 9, 2025 · April 9, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Apr 9, 2025 · April 9, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE, Apr 3, 2025 · April 3, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE, Apr 1, 2025 · April 1, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE, Apr 1, 2025 · April 1, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE, Mar 18, 2025 · March 18, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE, Mar 18, 2025 · March 18, 2025
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