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SB456

To Create the Home Opportunities Made Easier Act.

J. Petty · 2025 Regular Session · Sine Die adjournment

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TO CREATE THE HOME OPPORTUNITIES MADE EASIER ACT.

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Senate Convenes

April 8, 2025 · on the agenda

Matched: “SB456 Petty TO CREATE THE HOME OPPORTUNITIES MADE EASIER ACT.”

suspend the rules and place SB 456 to the end of the Senate calendar today. All
Senator Jim Petty · 2:25:00 in the video
the bill fails. Senate Bill 456.
Chair (Senator Bart Hester) · 4:56:15 in the video
bill fails. Senate Bill 456. Senate Bill 456 by Senator Petty, to create the Home
... we don't do something around economic development. And it's the housing, Home Opportunities Made Easy Act. Over 42 states or 42 states have passed over 400 pieces of legislation around these issues that were outlined in SB 456, 42 and 400.
Senator Jim Petty · 4:56:37 in the video
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Senate Convenes

March 20, 2025 · on the agenda

Matched: “SB456 J. Petty TO CREATE THE HOME OPPORTUNITIES MADE EASIER ACT.”

...recognized. Thank you Madam President, I'd like to pull down or pass over today SB 456 and pull it off the calendar. We are working with some of those that have expressed opposition, then we're going to do so next week, so I'd like to pass ...
Senator Jim Petty · 1:11:22 in the video
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City, County & Local Affairs Committee - Senate

March 18, 2025 · City, County & Local Affairs Committee (Senate & House) · on the agenda

Matched: “…ua Bryant SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS Number Sponsor Subtitle SB456 J. Petty TO CREATE THE HOME OPPORTUNITIES MADE EASIER ACT.…”

...ity, and housing availability, uh, members, I'm here today to present. Bill 456 Senate Bill 456, that I think, I believe addresses this serious issue, but before I present to you what I believe this bill is, uh, I wanted to take a few minut...
Senator Jim Petty · 1:42 in the video
...nomic liberties, especially property rights. The bottom line up front is we see Senate Bill 456 is a bill that promotes both property rights and economic liberty and more affordable housing, and I'm happy to be here today to testify in supp...
... the past few years proposing or enacting other reforms that appear here in the Senate Bill 456. Uh, even California, which is the poster child for a housing crisis driven by overregulation over decades, uh, even California is now steadily ...
...ittle Rock Central High School National Historic District. I strongly object to Senate Bill 456 over the past 21 years I've invested over $3 million saving vacant homes around the school. Over 35 people now live. In my moderately priced ren...
Paul Dodds · 31:21 in the video
...allowing me to speak this morning. Preserve Arkansas has serious concerns about Senate Bill 456 as presented about historic neighborhoods and commercial districts throughout the state. The Arkansas Historic Districts Act allows local govern...
...omplish the stated goal of creating affordable housing. As currently presented, Senate Bill 456 is harmful to historic preservation efforts throughout the state, takes away local control and severely hampers the effectiveness of municipal z...
responsible growth. SB 456 as it is currently written, puts us at risk. I know that we all share the goal of ensuring Arkansas communities thrive, however, this bill as written removes critical tools that cities and towns rely on to manage ...
...eing considered today, further limiting zoning enforcement. If both bills pass, SB 456 will force cities to change their zoning laws, while HB 1754 will make enforcing any zoning nearly impossible, and that's from section 18-11-904. This co...
...r community impact. It also threatens areas like the governor's mansion and the Capitol zoning districts, SB 456 could allow development that jeopardizes the historic and civic significance of these areas. So talking a little bit more about
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