---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR WATER USED BY A POULTRY FARM; AND TO REQUIRE THE ADOPTION OF RELATED RULES."
description: "TO PROVIDE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR WATER USED BY A POULTRY FARM; AND TO REQUIRE THE ADOPTION OF RELATED RULES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1196"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1196 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christiansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-14T21:29:54+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-27T20:12:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdcf82ce-02a0-4617-acbc-ac0d8b538808"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "dd8a5f244787ba674f4086c06a19649a65803da341b28680d8897814edf46242"
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 1196 (2021) — TO PROVIDE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR WATER USED BY A POULTRY FARM; AND TO REQUIRE THE ADOPTION OF RELATED RULES.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1196** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1196.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christiansen — primary (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14T21:29:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-14T21:43:09+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`
- **2021-04-13T23:15:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14T19:57:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T22:16:26+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-14T22:16:36+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T18:29:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T22:35:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T22:36:06+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-23T00:49:27+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-23T00:49:30+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-23T18:07:57+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-27T20:12:42+00:00** Notification that HB1196 is now Act 970 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdcf82ce-02a0-4617-acbc-ac0d8b538808`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).