---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE PAISLEY'S LAW; TO AMEND THE INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX LAWS; AND TO CREATE AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR A STILLBORN CHILD."
description: "TO CREATE PAISLEY'S LAW; TO AMEND THE INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX LAWS; AND TO CREATE AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR A STILLBORN CHILD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1457"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1457 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eaves"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09T19:21:55+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T18:19:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b31687b-374f-422d-bb1f-8dc178cd126c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "03670c2762fe83b1b1ea83ba7820396083c2acfbd5ae6d7db82fe5b5f8324452"
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 1457 (2021) — TO CREATE PAISLEY'S LAW; TO AMEND THE INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX LAWS; AND TO CREATE AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR A STILLBORN CHILD.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1457** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1457.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eaves — primary (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Clowney — cosponsor (person)
- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09T19:21:55+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-09T22:20:08+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`
- **2021-02-25T21:02:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01T19:54:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T22:13:36+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-01T22:14:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T18:39:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T19:35:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T19:35:37+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-19T22:07:53+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-19T22:07:54+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-20T14:09:08+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-26T18:19:40+00:00** Notification that HB1457 is now Act 935 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b31687b-374f-422d-bb1f-8dc178cd126c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).