Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas SB456: TO CREATE THE HOME OPPORTUNITIES MADE EASIER ACT
Status: Failed, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to create the home opportunities made easier act; and for other purposes. subtitle to create the home opportunities made easier act.
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO CREATE THE HOME OPPORTUNITIES MADE EASIER ACT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO CREATE THE HOME OPPORTUNITIES MADE EASIER ACT. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 14, Chapter 1, is amended to add an additional subchapter to read as follows: Subchapter 7 ---- Home Opportunities Made Easier Act 14-1-701. Title. This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Home Opportunities Made Easier Act". 14-1-702. Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds that: (1) Working families are finding it increasingly difficult to purchase or rent a home in or close to the communities where they work; (2) Many moderate-income workers are working two (2) or three (3) jobs to meet their monthly housing expenses; (3) The gap between those who can afford a home and those who cannot is widening at an alarming rate, and affordable rental housing is in short supply; *SSS204* 03/13/2025 1:57:40 PM SSS204 SB456 (4) Regulatory barriers by state and local governments often prevent the construction of a mix of different types of housing in various price ranges; (5) In some areas of the country regulatory delays and excesses have added as much as twenty percent (20%) to the cost of building housing; and (6) Arkansas …
Sponsors
- Jim Petty (R, 29) · primary sponsor
- Rebecca Burkes (R, 11)
Latest actions
- : Sine Die adjournment
- : Recommended for study in the Interim Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE
- : Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
- : Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is SB456?
- SB456 is a bill in the Arkansas Legislature (95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)): TO CREATE THE HOME OPPORTUNITIES MADE EASIER ACT.
- What does SB456 do?
- In its own words: An act to be entitled an act to create the home opportunities made easier act; and for other purposes. subtitle to create the home opportunities made easier act.
- What is the status of SB456?
- Failed as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Sine Die adjournment (May 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB456?
- Jim Petty (R, 29), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB456?
- On the Arkansas Legislature website: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R&measureno=SB456
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