---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ENCOURAGE CHARITABLE GIVING AND ELIMINATE PERVERSE AND ABSURD TAXES AND DISINCENTIVES ON CHARITABLE GIVING; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN WITHDRAWALS OF STOCK FROM THE SALES AND USE TAX."
description: "TO ENCOURAGE CHARITABLE GIVING AND ELIMINATE PERVERSE AND ABSURD TAXES AND DISINCENTIVES ON CHARITABLE GIVING; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN WITHDRAWALS OF STOCK FROM THE SALES AND USE TAX."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "Arkansas SB 146 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09855247-401c-4038-8152-ac688a8723a4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "253c3f4fa39ff8585af0897f31dc2b91060db5c6597a5ded035c2677eb1f3192"
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 SB 146 (2019) — TO ENCOURAGE CHARITABLE GIVING AND ELIMINATE PERVERSE AND ABSURD TAXES AND DISINCENTIVES ON CHARITABLE GIVING; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN WITHDRAWALS OF STOCK FROM THE SALES AND USE TAX.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 146** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB146.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-03-07** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-03-07** 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`
- **2019-03-19** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2019-03-26** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2019-03-26** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-03-27** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-03-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** Notification that SB146 is now Act 583 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09855247-401c-4038-8152-ac688a8723a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).