---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE RAILROAD MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2021; AND TO ALLOW AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR CERTAIN RAILROAD TRACK MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES."
description: "TO CREATE THE RAILROAD MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2021; AND TO ALLOW AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR CERTAIN RAILROAD TRACK MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1456"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1456 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rice", "Wardlaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09T19:15:56+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-27T20:11:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/705b1337-cfa4-430e-a8e8-5e6a01d51c42"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1561276950209ace28b9538fc127857452378750aeff2a189d4a8d42a7ffdd80"
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 1456 (2021) — TO CREATE THE RAILROAD MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2021; AND TO ALLOW AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR CERTAIN RAILROAD TRACK MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1456** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1456.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rice — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — primary (person)
- B. Sample — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Beckham — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Bragg — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Deffenbaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Fielding — cosponsor (person)
- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hillman — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Jett — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- L. Chesterfield — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Love — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- Magie — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Nicks — cosponsor (person)
- Payton — cosponsor (person)
- Rapert — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Slape — cosponsor (person)
- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- Tollett — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- V. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Womack — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09T19:15:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-09T22:19:53+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`
- **2021-04-15T23:56:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19T19:38:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T22:12:54+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-19T22:13:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T18:30:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T23:06:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T23:07:03+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-23T00:50:45+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-23T00:50:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-23T18:07:01+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-27T20:11:04+00:00** Notification that HB1456 is now Act 967 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/705b1337-cfa4-430e-a8e8-5e6a01d51c42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).