---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE THE WAIVER OF CERTAIN AD VALOREM TAXES ON UTILITIES AND CARRIERS; AND TO CREATE A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON THE COLLECTION OF CERTAIN AD VALOREM TAXES ON UTILITIES AND CARRIERS."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE THE WAIVER OF CERTAIN AD VALOREM TAXES ON UTILITIES AND CARRIERS; AND TO CREATE A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON THE COLLECTION OF CERTAIN AD VALOREM TAXES ON UTILITIES AND CARRIERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1043"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1043 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McClure"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-12-17T22:49:06+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T18:34:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cc33f69-5667-4336-83fd-b7e87ff32f04"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f51f5643aecaf75e4ad902f549c36958e032cadb36765ce5ba43e1baed594e8d"
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 1043 (2021) — TO AUTHORIZE THE WAIVER OF CERTAIN AD VALOREM TAXES ON UTILITIES AND CARRIERS; AND TO CREATE A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON THE COLLECTION OF CERTAIN AD VALOREM TAXES ON UTILITIES AND CARRIERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1043-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1043** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1043.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- McClure — primary (person)
- Jett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-17T22:49:06+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T20:20:59+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`
- **2021-03-18T13:36:03+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-18T13:36:18+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18T15:46:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-30T20:47:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31T18:27:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T21:29:02+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-31T21:29:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T18:21:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12T19:18:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T19:18:50+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-12T21:43:48+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-12T21:43:50+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-13T13:45:45+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-14T18:34:35+00:00** Notification that HB1043 is now Act 719 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cc33f69-5667-4336-83fd-b7e87ff32f04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).