Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas SB60: TO PROHIBIT A DIGITAL ASSET MINING BUSINESS FROM BEING LOCATED WITHIN A THIRTY-MILE RADIUS OF A MILITARY FACILITY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
Status: Failed, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to amend the arkansas data centers act of 2023; to prohibit a digital asset mining business from being located within a thirty-mile radius of a military facility; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes. subtitle to prohibit a digital asset mining business from being located within a thirty-mile radius of a military facility; and to declare an emergency.
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS DATA CENTERS ACT OF 2023; TO PROHIBIT A DIGITAL ASSET MINING BUSINESS FROM BEING LOCATED WITHIN A THIRTY-MILE RADIUS OF A MILITARY FACILITY; TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO PROHIBIT A DIGITAL ASSET MINING BUSINESS FROM BEING LOCATED WITHIN A THIRTY-MILE RADIUS OF A MILITARY FACILITY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 14, Chapter 1, Subchapter 6, is amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 14-1-607. Operation of digital asset mining business within thirtymile radius of military facility prohibited -- Definition. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Military facility" means (B) Camp Joseph T. Robinson Maneuver Training Center; (C) Ebbing Air National Guard Base; (D) Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center; and (E) Pine Bluff Arsenal; and (B) Includes without limitation a *LJH029* 01-29-2025 15:42:50 LJH029 As Engrossed: S1/29/25 SB60 (ii) Hospital or clinic; and (iii) Arsenal; and (2) "Operation" means generating income as a result of generating digital assets by securing a blockchain network. (b) Unless the digital asset mining business was issued a permit by the Oil and Gas Commission on or before December 31, 2024, a digital asset mining business shall: (1) …
Sponsors
- Ricky Hill (R, 11) · primary sponsor
- Brian Evans (R, 68)
Latest actions
- : Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
- : Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE
- : REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- : Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- : Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- : Rules suspended.
- : Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is SB60?
- SB60 is a bill in the Arkansas Legislature (95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)): TO PROHIBIT A DIGITAL ASSET MINING BUSINESS FROM BEING LOCATED WITHIN A THIRTY-MILE RADIUS OF A MILITARY FACILITY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
- What does SB60 do?
- In its own words: An act to be entitled an act to amend the arkansas data centers act of 2023; to prohibit a digital asset mining business from being located within a thirty-mile radius of a military facility; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes. subtitle to prohibit a digital asset mining business from being located within a thirty-mile radius of a military facility; and to declare an emergency.
- What is the status of SB60?
- Failed as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. (May 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB60?
- Ricky Hill (R, 11), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB60?
- On the Arkansas Legislature website: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R&measureno=SB60
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