ArkansasHB12772025 Regular SessionHouse

TO AMEND PAYMENTS FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION REGARDING PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS.

Sponsored By: Zack Gramlich (Republican), Justin Boyd (Republican)

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

New cleanup cost rules for tank owners

Arkansas replaces the fixed $7,500 petroleum tank cleanup deductible with amounts set by state rules, capped at $30,000. The Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund cannot pay until the owner or operator spends the deductible for that cleanup. Underground tank owners and operators must show they can cover it; the spending requirement has an exception for emergency action by the environmental director. The law replaces payment denial for failing to report a leak with rule-based deductible requirements. The Division of Environmental Quality sets deductible amounts by rule, with input from the Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks. The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission must set deductibles above $7,500, but no higher than $30,000, for rule violations found when payment is requested. Those rules also require advisory committee input and can set different deductibles for different violations.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Zack Gramlich

    Republican • House

  • Justin Boyd

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 122 • No: 4

Senate vote • 4/9/2025

Senate Vote - Wednesday, April 9, 2025 5:50:24 PM

Yes: 31 • No: 2 • Other: 1

House vote • 4/2/2025

House Vote - Wednesday, April 2, 2025 2:36:43 PM

Yes: 91 • No: 2 • Other: 4

Actions Timeline

  1. Notification that HB1277 is now Act 706

    4/16/2025House
  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

    4/10/2025House
  3. TO BE ENROLLED

    4/9/2025House
  4. Returned from the Senate as passed.

    4/9/2025House
  5. Returned to the House as passed.

    4/9/2025Senate
  6. Read the third time and passed.

    4/9/2025Senate
  7. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

    4/7/2025Senate
  8. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE

    4/2/2025Senate
  9. Received from the House.

    4/2/2025Senate
  10. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

    4/2/2025House
  11. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

    4/1/2025House
  12. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

    3/18/2025House
  13. Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

    3/18/2025House
  14. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.

    3/18/2025House
  15. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE

    1/28/2025House
  16. Filed

    1/28/2025House

Bill Text

  • HB1277 - Introduced

    1/28/2025

  • Act Version

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