---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF INCOME TAX RETURNS BY TAX PRACTITIONERS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING TAX PRACTITIONERS."
description: "TO REQUIRE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF INCOME TAX RETURNS BY TAX PRACTITIONERS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING TAX PRACTITIONERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1031"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1031 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jett", "M. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-17T21:16:51+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-24T19:10:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4cd736c-ae60-49be-83ed-dd1496e1604a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "dbabb8da4376f22c40b7c4f36fec6d0087765db820154e2a52145330e0d089a6"
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 1031 (2021) — TO REQUIRE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF INCOME TAX RETURNS BY TAX PRACTITIONERS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING TAX PRACTITIONERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1031-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1031** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1031.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jett — primary (person)
- M. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-17T21:16:51+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T20:16:58+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`
- **2021-01-28T22:39:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01T19:43:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01T21:13:48+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-01T21:14:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T19:56:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09T19:18:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-09T19:18:19+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-09T21:03:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-10T20:36:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-10T20:39:04+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended #1
- **2021-02-10T22:28:45+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-02-22T19:08:03+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-02-22T19:08:09+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-22T21:41:05+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-02-24T19:10:35+00:00** Notification that HB1031 is now Act 143 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4cd736c-ae60-49be-83ed-dd1496e1604a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).