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HR 1096

TO RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT THE ROLE ADVANCED ENERGY PLAYS IN SECURING ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, FOSTERING ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, AND ENHANCING THE STATE’S ENERGY RESILIENCE.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Jack Ladyman

Arkansas House recognizes and supports advanced energy as a driver of energy independence, job growth, and affordable, reliable power—non-binding and symbolic.

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Bill Summary · HR 1096

Summary — HR 1096 (95th Arkansas General Assembly)

Title: To recognize and support the role advanced energy plays in securing energy independence, fostering economic prosperity, and enhancing the state’s energy resilience.
Status: Withdrawn by author (04/03/2025); later legislative docket entries show further action and adoption (see Procedural timeline)

Purpose and intent

This House Resolution formally recognizes and expresses support for "advanced energy" in Arkansas. Its stated aims are to affirm the importance of reliable power generation, grid modernization, energy efficiency, nuclear and domestic energy production, and to highlight advanced energy’s role in promoting energy independence, economic growth, job creation, and long‑term resilience for the state.

Key provisions / what the resolution does

  • Declares that advanced energy contributes to Arkansas’s:
    • Energy security and independence (reducing reliance on external sources)
    • Economic prosperity by attracting investment and supporting agriculture, manufacturing, schools, and municipalities
    • Job creation, including in both urban and rural communities
    • Affordable, reliable, and locally generated power
  • Emphasizes balancing energy innovation with economic practicality to keep technologies affordable and beneficial to all Arkansans.
  • Affirms state values of self‑reliance, stewardship, and responsible resource management.
  • Concludes with a formal legislative expression: the House “recognize and support” advanced energy’s role in the state.

Note: This is a non‑binding resolution (a formal statement of position), not a law that creates regulatory requirements, appropriations, or new programs.

Who is affected / potential impacts

  • Direct legal effect: none — purely symbolic/expressive.
  • Practical/communicative impacts:
    • Sends a supportive signal to energy industry stakeholders (utilities, developers of generation and grid technologies, nuclear interests), investors, and local governments.
    • May influence state policy discussions, public perception, and legislative priorities around energy planning, workforce development, and economic development.
    • Provides rhetorical support for continued or expanded advanced‑energy projects and related incentives or policies considered separately.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • 2025-02-06: Introduced in House; referred to committees (Energy & Commerce; Ways & Means).
  • 2025-03-26: Filed.
  • 2025-04-01: Read the first time, rules suspended; referred to Committee on House Management.
  • 2025-04-03: Withdrawn by author (per ledger).
  • Subsequent entries (May 2025) show additional activity: placed on calendars, laid before the House, adopted (05/23/2025), and reported enrolled (05/25/2025). These entries create an apparent inconsistency with the earlier "withdrawn" status.

Important note on source material and apparent inconsistencies

The materials provided mix text and metadata that appear to come from two different measures sharing the number HR 1096: (1) an Arkansas House Resolution authored by Representative Ladyman (95th General Assembly) recognizing advanced energy; and (2) a different measure titled the “Helping Out Patients for Emotional and Mental Wellbeing Act (HOPE and Mental Wellbeing Act of 2025)” and a sponsor list including several U.S. House members. Because of these overlaps, readers should verify the official legislative record (Arkansas General Assembly journals or the U.S. Congress bill tracker) to confirm final status, sponsors, and the exact text of the measure of interest.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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