# SB 307 / Act 373 of 2025 (Generating Arkansas Jobs Act) — sponsors, votes, history > *Sponsor, roll-call, and history data for SB 307 (the Generating Arkansas Jobs Act of 2025, → Act 373), 95th General Assembly Regular Session. Retrieved 2026-06-04 from the Arkansas General Assembly bill-detail page (the saved `original_file`) and corroborated via the LegiScan bill record. Each roll call links to its official Arkansas General Assembly Votes page; the captured vote pages are listed below.* ## Source metadata - **Bill / Act**: SB 307 → Act 373 of 2025; "To Amend the Law Concerning Public Utilities; To Create the Generating Arkansas Jobs Act of 2025; And To Declare An Emergency." - **Became Act 373**: 2025-03-20 (emergency clause; effective immediately) - **Enrolled act text** already archived: see `../2026-05-24/arkleg.state.ar.us/act-373-of-2025.md` ## Extract ### Sponsors - **Primary**: Sen. **Jonathan Dismang** (R, SD-018) and Rep. **Les Eaves** (R, HD-058). - Co-sponsors (selected, sponsor_type 2): Reps. Brandon Achor (HD-071), Fred Allen (HD-077), Lincoln Barnett (HD-063), Howard Beaty (HD-095), Keith Brooks (HD-078), and others. ### Roll-call votes (official Arkansas General Assembly) | Date | Chamber | Action | Yea | Nay | NV | Result | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Third Reading | 17 | 11 | 7 | **FAILED** (did not reach 18) | | 2025-03-12 | Senate | Third Reading | 23 | 9 | 3 | passed | | 2025-03-12 | Senate | **Emergency clause adopted** | 27 | 1 | 7 | passed | | 2025-03-18 | House | Third Reading | 77 | 13 | 10 | passed | Official vote pages (Arkansas General Assembly): - Senate 2025-03-05 (failed 17-11): https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Votes?id=SB307&rcs=417&chamber=Senate&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R — captured `sb307-vote-senate-2025-03-05-failed-17-11.html` (sha256 9b7b512908abfb415de7b0accd2dd66e31c62760ff9389c3eb89daba7877674c) - Senate 2025-03-12 (23-9): https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Votes?id=SB307&rcs=498&chamber=Senate&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R — captured `sb307-vote-senate-2025-03-12-23-9.html` (sha256 5a19a2665f2eff838b89f394c3d96e9b40259cd4d652f4574cd29ac8af572b12) - Senate 2025-03-12 (emergency clause 27-1): https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Votes?id=SB307&rcs=502&chamber=Senate&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R - House 2025-03-18 (77-13): https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Votes?id=SB307&rcs=628&chamber=House&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R — captured `sb307-vote-house-2025-03-18-77-13.html` (sha256 bb3f83fdcfc5d2beaf8ade92bde75b47fb34a8d312ccd2713a741406178b8cd0) ## Notes - **Tier 2** — primary public record (state legislative roll calls + bill history). - **Why it matters**: The statutory mechanism that socializes the new-generation cost across all 738,836 EAL retail customers ([[Who Pays for Entergy's New Generation]]) **failed on its first Senate vote (17-11)** on 2025-03-05 before passing 23-9 a week later, with the emergency clause adopted 27-1 to take effect immediately. The bill carried notable but not overwhelming dissent (13 House nays). Sen. Dismang sponsored both this act and [[Act 548 (2025)]] (the data-center tax-exemption expansion). - Cited by: [[Generating Arkansas Jobs Act (GAJA) rider]]; [[Who Pays for Entergy's New Generation]].