---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW THE WITHHOLDING OF STATE INCOME TAX FROM UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS."
description: "TO ALLOW THE WITHHOLDING OF STATE INCOME TAX FROM UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1049"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1049 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-12-17T22:59:24+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-08T19:05:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/214cc3b4-b926-43c5-917c-05c6fadd15fc"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b60c7fdfc8f5d1354fae4465d5e2b2cb73edef4d8b6539a9b95835f11a8d8f4b"
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 1049 (2021) — TO ALLOW THE WITHHOLDING OF STATE INCOME TAX FROM UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS.

## 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%2FHB1049-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1049** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1049.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-17T22:59:24+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T20:22:49+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`
- **2021-02-09T22:01:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T14:35:19+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-10T14:35:22+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-10T17:01:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-22T19:25:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22T22:12:50+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-22T22:13:09+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T19:30:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04T20:29:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T20:29:49+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-04T22:05:56+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-04T22:05:59+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-05T16:33:04+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-08T19:05:08+00:00** Notification that HB1049 is now Act 283 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/214cc3b4-b926-43c5-917c-05c6fadd15fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).