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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 47: TO AMEND THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE; TO DEFINE "CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY" UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE; TO MODIFY THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE DEFINITIONS; AND TO MODIFY THE ARKANSAS BANKING CODE OF 1997.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 47 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO AMEND THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE; TO DEFINE "CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY" UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE; TO MODIFY THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE DEFINITIONS; AND TO MODIFY THE ARKANSAS BANKING CODE OF 1997. Primary sponsor: Howard Beaty (Republican), Justin Boyd (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2025): Sine Die adjournment.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Howard BeatyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse95
Justin BoydPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Jim DotsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate34
Lee JohnsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse47
Matt McKeeCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Clint PenzoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate31

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Sine Die adjournment
  2. Withdrawn by author.
  3. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on calendar.
  4. Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
  5. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  6. Amendment # 1 & 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  7. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1 & 2
  8. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
  9. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source