AI Summary

The bill aims to amend the Arkansas Data Centers Act of 2023 by prohibiting foreign-party-controlled ownership of a digital asset mining business. The primary purpose is to safeguard against potential risks associated with foreign influence in critical infrastructure like digital asset mining. This proposed change seeks to ensure that such businesses are owned and operated by entities not under foreign control. Additionally, the bill declares an emergency, emphasizing the need for urgent action on this matter.

• 2024-04-17: Filed

• 2024-04-17: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE

• 2024-04-18: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1

• 2024-04-23: Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.

• 2024-04-23: Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

• 2024-04-23: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

• 2024-04-23: Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE

• 2024-04-23: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

• 2024-04-24: Read the third time and passed.

• 2024-04-24: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

• 2024-04-24: Ordered immediately returned to the House.

• 2024-04-24: RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE

• 2024-04-24: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE

• 2024-04-30: Returned by the Committee Do Pass

• 2024-05-01: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

• 2024-05-01: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

• 2024-05-01: Returned To the Senate as passed.

• 2024-05-01: Returned from the House as passed.

• 2024-05-01: ORDERED ENROLLED

• 2024-05-01: Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.

• 2024-05-01: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.

• 2024-05-09: Notification that SB78 is now Act 173