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Arkansas HouseHB1956

TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS NIGHTTIME ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT.

Passed 66–14Bipartisan

What it does: Bars state agencies, counties, cities and investor-owned utilities from installing new or replacement street or parking lighting unless fixtures are full cutoff, within recommended brightness, and at most 3,000 K in residential areas or 4,000 K elsewhere, with exemptions. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

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The tally

Yes 66 · No 14 · Not voting 8 · Present 12

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting / present
Democrats1702
Republicans49146 / 12

Most Democrats voted yes; most Republicans voted yes. 14 members voted against their party’s majority.

Voted against their party’s majority

The full roll (100)

Yes 66

No 14

Present 12

Not voting 8

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.