---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE EQUITY INVESTMENT INCENTIVE ACT OF 2007; AND TO CLARIFY THE TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH A TAX CREDIT UNDER THE EQUITY INVESTMENT INCENTIVE ACT OF 2007 MAY BE SOLD."
description: "TO AMEND THE EQUITY INVESTMENT INCENTIVE ACT OF 2007; AND TO CLARIFY THE TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH A TAX CREDIT UNDER THE EQUITY INVESTMENT INCENTIVE ACT OF 2007 MAY BE SOLD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1546"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1546 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eaves"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b8cf8b2-f53c-4e27-a07c-bb7083248bb8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "05369fb085d25599ca9efe472672b78a83411c8c735e969ac472c0503128c918"
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 1546 (2019) — TO AMEND THE EQUITY INVESTMENT INCENTIVE ACT OF 2007; AND TO CLARIFY THE TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH A TAX CREDIT UNDER THE EQUITY INVESTMENT INCENTIVE ACT OF 2007 MAY BE SOLD.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 1546** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1546.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eaves — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-21** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-21** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Received from the House.
- **2019-03-05** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2019-03-18** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2019-03-18** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-03-19** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-03-20** Notification that HB1546 is now Act 537 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b8cf8b2-f53c-4e27-a07c-bb7083248bb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).