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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO PROVIDE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR DATA CENTERS; AND TO PROVIDE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR DATA CENTER EQUIPMENT, DATA CENTER COSTS, CERTAIN SERVICES PROVIDED TO A DATA CENTER, AND ELECTRICITY USED BY A DATA CENTER."
+description: "TO PROVIDE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR DATA CENTERS; AND TO PROVIDE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR DATA CENTER EQUIPMENT, DATA CENTER COSTS, CERTAIN SERVICES PROVIDED TO A DATA CENTER, AND ELECTRICITY USED BY A DATA CENTER."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1654"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1654 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Pilkington"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-16T19:18:53+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-13T15:19:34+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23a66dd5-d18d-4e13-b046-f9b9bfac906c"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "6e5853ef8ac72758abe486aae77cf353c69e82ca0f10a12e4e8ed76608987ad3"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
+---
+
+# Arkansas HB 1654 (2023) — TO PROVIDE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR DATA CENTERS; AND TO PROVIDE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR DATA CENTER EQUIPMENT, DATA CENTER COSTS, CERTAIN SERVICES PROVIDED TO A DATA CENTER, AND ELECTRICITY USED BY A DATA CENTER.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 819** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=819.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1654-H1.pdf)
+3. **HB 1654** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1654.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **78–6** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J. Dismang — primary (person)
+- Pilkington — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-16T19:18:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-16T21:43:33+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30T23:36:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-03T13:54:33+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-04-03T13:54:35+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-03T19:21:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-04-04T21:07:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05T03:57:02+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-04-05T18:01:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-06T16:09:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06T20:30:19+00:00** Rules suspended.
+- **2023-04-06T20:30:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T20:30:48+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T22:09:18+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T22:09:20+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-07T15:15:20+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-04-13T15:19:34+00:00** Notification that HB1654 is now Act 819 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23a66dd5-d18d-4e13-b046-f9b9bfac906c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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