---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS TAX REFORM ACT OF 2019; AND TO REFORM THE SALES TAX, INCOME TAX, PROPERTY TAX, AND FRANCHISE TAX LAWS OF THE STATE."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS TAX REFORM ACT OF 2019; AND TO REFORM THE SALES TAX, INCOME TAX, PROPERTY TAX, AND FRANCHISE TAX LAWS OF THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 561"
citation: "Arkansas SB 561 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Hendren"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-13"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62ac13b6-d9b6-41fd-a010-4c4ad8c0cad3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c78b2bdcbd8404860fcc5dbd22cfb1b1e24240f69be8b0f6345858316fadc9b2"
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 561 (2019) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS TAX REFORM ACT OF 2019; AND TO REFORM THE SALES TAX, INCOME TAX, PROPERTY TAX, AND FRANCHISE TAX LAWS OF THE STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=SB561-S1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **SB 561** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB561.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **77–12** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Hendren — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-13** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-03-19** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2019-03-19** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-03-19** Rules suspended.
- **2019-03-19** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-03-19** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2019-03-19** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-03-20** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-20** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-03-20** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-03-20** 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`
- **2019-03-26** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2019-03-27** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-27** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-03-28** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2019-04-01** Returned From the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-04-01** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-04-04** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended.
- **2019-04-04** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-04-05** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-04-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-10** Notification that SB561 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/62ac13b6-d9b6-41fd-a010-4c4ad8c0cad3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).