An act TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 20 OF 10 THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC HEALTH AND 11 WELFARE, the official text

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.

1 State of Arkansas                         A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                          HOUSE BILL 1360

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5 By: Representatives Gazaway, M. Shepherd

6 By: Senators C. Tucker, J. Bryant

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8                                    For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 20 OF

10  THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC HEALTH AND

11  WELFARE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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14                                          Subtitle

15                       TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE

16                       20 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING

17                       PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE.

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19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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21  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 20-22-1011(b), concerning building egress

22 at schools under the Arkansas Comprehensive Fire Protection Act of 1993, is

23 reenacted to ratify the decision by the Arkansas Code Revision Commission to

24 codify the subsection at � 20-22-1011(b).

25  (b) A person shall not be impeded from building egress in compliance

26 with the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code and the standards for accessible

27 design under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. � 12101 et seq.,

28 as it existed on January 1, 2023.

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30  SECTION 2. Arkansas Code � 20-56-404(d)(2)-(4), concerning permits for

31 the sale, distribution, or manufacture of hemp-derived products, are amended

32 to read as follows to clarify references:

33  (2) When a partnership or limited liability company permitted

34 under this subchapter changes, removes, or replaces the managing partner,

35 managing member, president, or chief executive officer:

36                       (A) The existing permit issued under this subchapter is

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2                   (B) The partnership or limited liability company:

3                   (i) Shall apply for a new permit under this

4 subchapter;

5                   (ii) May be issued a new permit under this

6 subchapter; and

7                   (iii) May operate under the voided permit for no

8 more than thirty (30) days from the date of the change, removal, or

9 replacement of the permit managing partner, managing member, president, or

10 chief executive officer.

11              (3) When a nonpublicly traded corporation permitted under this

12 subchapter changes, removes, or replaces the president or chief executive

13 officer named on the permit or changes, removes, or replaces a stockholder

14 who owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting shares of the

15 nonpublicly traded corporation's stock:

16                  (A) The permit issued under this subchapter is void; and

17                  (B) The nonpublicly traded corporation:

18                  (i) Shall apply for a new permit under this

19 subchapter;

20                  (ii) May be issued a new permit under this

21 subchapter; and

22                  (iii) May operate under the voided permit for no

23 more than thirty (30) days from the date of the change, removal, or

24 replacement of the permit president, chief executive officer, or stockholder.

25              (4) When a publicly traded corporation permitted under this

26 subchapter changes, removes, or replaces the president or chief executive

27 officer named on the permit or changes, removes, or replaces a stockholder

28 who owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting shares of the

29 publicly traded corporation's stock:

30                  (A) The permit issued under this subchapter is void; and

31                  (B) The publicly traded corporation:

32                  (i) Shall apply for a new permit under this

33 subchapter;

34                  (ii) May be issued a new permit under this

35 subchapter; and

36                  (iii) May operate under the voided permit for no

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1 more than thirty (30) days from the date of the change, removal, or

2 replacement of the permit president, chief executive officer, or stockholder.

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4   SECTION 3. DO NOT CODIFY. CONSTRUCTION AND LEGISLATIVE INTENT.

5   It is the intent of the General Assembly that:

6   (1) The enactment and adoption of this act shall not expressly

7 or impliedly repeal an act passed during the regular session of the Ninety-

8 Fifth General Assembly;

9   (2) To the extent that a conflict exists between an act of the

10 regular session of the Ninety-Fifth General Assembly and this act:

11  (A) The act of the regular session of the Ninety-Fifth

12 General Assembly shall be treated as a subsequent act passed by the General

13 Assembly for the purposes of:

14                         (i) Giving the act of the regular session of the

15 Ninety-Fifth General Assembly its full force and effect; and

16                         (ii) Amending or repealing the appropriate parts of

17 the Arkansas Code of 1987; and

18  (B) Section 1-2-107 shall not apply; and

19  (3) This act shall make only technical, not substantive, changes

20 to the Arkansas Code of 1987.

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