---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW THE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR SALES FOR RESALE TO APPLY TO ITEMS SOLD FOR USE IN PRINTING; AND TO AMEND THE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT."
description: "TO ALLOW THE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR SALES FOR RESALE TO APPLY TO ITEMS SOLD FOR USE IN PRINTING; AND TO AMEND THE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1596"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1596 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Jett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-02T17:08:51+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-25T18:12:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9829b9e9-05c7-4e04-a98b-83762a6bf466"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a91d16b712819966b560adb801226ffaf43bd71bdd8ec1e6adfc5f651e757873"
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 1596 (2021) — TO ALLOW THE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR SALES FOR RESALE TO APPLY TO ITEMS SOLD FOR USE IN PRINTING; AND TO AMEND THE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT.

## 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%2FHB1596-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1596** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1596.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **88–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- Jett — primary (person)
- Speaks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02T17:08:51+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-02T22:59:50+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`
- **2021-04-13T23:17:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T13:33:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-15T13:33:36+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-15T18:13:14+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-15T19:19:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T22:24:53+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-15T22:25:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19T18:17:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20T21:04:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T21:04:52+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-20T23:06:21+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-20T23:06:22+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-21T15:21:34+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-25T18:12:15+00:00** Notification that HB1596 is now Act 880 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9829b9e9-05c7-4e04-a98b-83762a6bf466`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).