# Arkansas HB1656: TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION. Arkansas HB1656, TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Breanne Davis (Republican), Rick Beck (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-22 (Notification that HB1656 is now Act 1024) (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1656-2025 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas HB1656 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION. - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-04 - Last action: 2025-04-22, Notification that HB1656 is now Act 1024 - Sponsors: Breanne Davis (Republican), Rick Beck (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (283 yes, 26 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Minimum gas royalties for mineral owners: benefit, medium. For covered Arkansas gas production, royalty owners must receive at least one-eighth (12.5%) of net proceeds. The law recognizes mineral ownership, including royalty proceeds, as a property right. Mineral owners can make contracts about their interests and negotiate higher royalties, subject to the… - Full payments and refunds for royalty owners: benefit, low. For covered Arkansas gas interests with signed leases, working-interest owners must ensure full royalties are paid, regardless of who pays. Neither the new rules nor the production-allocation law releases these owners from their lease obligations. An operator or nonoperating working-interest owner… - New royalty calculations for mineral owners: mixed, low. For covered Arkansas gas production, net proceeds start with gross gas-sale proceeds, including royalty gas, minus applicable taxes and assessments. For interests pooled by commission order without a signed lease, deductions also include true third-party costs or commission form-lease costs. For si… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Breanne Davis (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Rick Beck (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-15 | House | House Vote - Tuesday, April 15, 2025 2:52:26 PM | pass | 89 | 3 | 3 | | 2025-04-15 | House | House Vote - Tuesday, April 15, 2025 2:53:19 PM | pass | 86 | 6 | 3 | | 2025-04-09 | Senate | Senate Vote - Wednesday, April 9, 2025 10:41:21 PM | pass | 27 | 6 | 2 | | 2025-03-13 | House | House Vote - Thursday, March 13, 2025 3:23:09 PM | pass | 81 | 11 | 2 | ## Actions (26) - 2025-04-22: Notification that HB1656 is now Act 1024 (House) - 2025-04-16: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House) - 2025-04-15: TO BE ENROLLED (House) - 2025-04-15: Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in. (House) - 2025-04-15: Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. (House) - 2025-04-14: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2 (House) - 2025-04-10: Re-referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE (House) - 2025-04-10: Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2 (House) - 2025-04-09: Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 . (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Rules suspended. (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE (Senate) - 2025-04-01: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE (Senate) - 2025-03-19: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1 (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Received from the House. (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-03-12: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House) - 2025-03-04: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE (House) - 2025-03-04: Filed (House) ## Bill text - HB1656 - Introduced, 2025-03-04: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1656.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=1024.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related bills - HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. (enacted) - HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO SET PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PROHIBITION OF SOLICITATION OF INJURED INDIV… (failed) - HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (failed) - SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE USE OF ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; AND TO REGULATE ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS FACILITIES. (failed) - HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO PETITION TO SET ASIDE THE SALE OF PROPERTY TO CERTAIN P… (failed) - HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TO REQUIRE THAT A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BE SELECTED A… (failed) ## Sources - [HB1656 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1656.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=1024.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related - [HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1265-2025) - [HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1237-2025) - [HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1686-2025) - [SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE US…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-SB440-2025) - [HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1695-2025) - [HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HR1012-2025) - [Arkansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas/bills) - [Arkansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1656-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).