TO TRANSFER THE NUCLEAR PLANNING AND RESPONSE PROGRAM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Summary

This bill transfers the Nuclear Planning and Response Program, which oversees emergency preparedness and environmental radiation surveillance around nuclear power plants in Arkansas, from the Department of Health to the Division of Emergency Management within the Department of Public Safety, effective July 1, 2025. The transfer includes all associated authority, personnel, property, contracts, and funding, while maintaining existing rules and regulations currently in place. The bill maintains the program's core mission of monitoring radiation levels and coordinating emergency response capabilities around nuclear electricity generating facilities, with costs continuing to be borne by the utilities operating these facilities, but shifts administrative oversight to align nuclear emergency planning with the state's broader emergency management infrastructure.

Bill history

1. Invalid Date · House
   Filed
2. Invalid Date · House
   Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE
3. Invalid Date · House
   Returned by the Committee Do Pass
4. Invalid Date · House
   Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
5. Invalid Date · Senate
   Received from the House.
6. Invalid Date · Senate
   Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
7. Invalid Date · Senate
   Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
8. Invalid Date · Senate
   Read the third time and passed.
9. Invalid Date · Senate
   EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
10. Invalid Date · Senate
    Returned to the House as passed.
11. Invalid Date · House
    Returned from the Senate as passed.
12. Invalid Date · House
    TO BE ENROLLED
13. Invalid Date · House
    Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
14. Invalid Date · House
    Notification that HB1690 is now Act 583

Votes

Historical import. Session: 2025