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Yes: 131 • No: 0
ArkansasSB2502025 Regular SessionSenate
TO AMEND THE PEST CONTROL LAW; AND TO REASSIGN CERTAIN DUTIES OF THE STATE PLANT BOARD.
Sponsored By: Howard M. Beaty, Jr. (Republican), Matt Stone (Republican)
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Pest-control applicants get faster exam retakes
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture must offer pest-control license exams at least once each quarter. Applicants who fail can retake the exam in the same classification after waiting at least 14 days. The previous required wait was three months.
Pest-control businesses face tighter licensing rules
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture takes over specified pest-control duties from the State Plant Board. It handles inspections, licenses, exams, applicant qualifications, registrations, and license-status notices. The law ends an exemption for unlicensed operators supervised before November 1, 1984, who remained with that license holder on June 28, 1985. It also ends permission for companies to operate for up to six months after their licensed manager leaves. That permission applied to companies operating for at least one year before the manager left.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Howard M. Beaty, Jr.
Republican • House
Matt Stone
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/10/2025
House Vote - Monday, March 10, 2025 2:54:26 PM
Yes: 97 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/26/2025
Senate Vote - Wednesday, February 26, 2025 2:04:31 PM
Yes: 34 • No: 0 • Other: 1
Actions Timeline
Notification that SB250 is now Act 292
3/12/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
3/11/2025SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
3/11/2025SenateORDERED ENROLLED
3/10/2025SenateReturned from the House as passed.
3/10/2025SenateReturned to the Senate as passed.
3/10/2025HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
3/10/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
3/5/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE
2/26/2025HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
2/26/2025HouseOrdered immediately transmitted to the House.
2/26/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
2/26/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
2/25/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE
2/18/2025SenateFiled
2/18/2025Senate
Bill Text
SB250 - Introduced
2/18/2025
Act Version
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