SB224

Senate Bill 224 proposes the full repeal of Arkansas Code Title 2, Chapter 19, Subchapter 5. This subchapter currently establishes specific legal definitions, regulatory oversight, and labeling requirements for products classified as 'one hundred percent (100%) natural organic fertilizer.' By repealing this section, the State Plant Board would no longer have the specific statutory authority granted by this subchapter to regulate, sample, or analyze these particular products. The bill removes the mandated guaranteed analysis standards for nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash for fertilizers labeled under this specific category. Existing exemptions for the private sale of unprocessed animal litter remain affected by the broader removal of the definitions that governed the distinction between such litter and defined natural organic fertilizers. The legislation essentially dissolves the specialized legal framework governing the production and commercial sale of these specific organic soil amendments in Arkansas.