---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FEE CHARGED FOR SETTING OFF DEBTS AGAINST STATE TAX REFUNDS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FEE CHARGED FOR SETTING OFF DEBTS AGAINST STATE TAX REFUNDS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1698"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1698 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Jett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-10T21:15:01+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T20:15:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2fd23c7-3703-4972-bcf4-8598cb4232d3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3659253ab1b32a1d0a8c7e17eb6886cf41647e8eca32a9cf649e48f267851b50"
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 1698 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FEE CHARGED FOR SETTING OFF DEBTS AGAINST STATE TAX REFUNDS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1698-S1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1698-S2.pdf)
3. **HB 1698** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1698.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10T21:15:01+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-10T23:45:57+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`
- **2021-04-13T23:17:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14T20:03:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T22:22:43+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-14T22:22:54+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T13:39:02+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-04-20T13:39:14+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-20T18:05:47+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-20T18:05:58+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T18:26:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21T22:32:06+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-21T22:32:17+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-21T22:32:29+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-21T23:25:44+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-21T23:26:48+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-21T23:27:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T00:20:16+00:00** Returned to the House as passed, as amended, Amendment #1 and Amendment #2.
- **2021-04-22T00:36:06+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2021-04-22T00:36:12+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T22:13:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T16:46:05+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T16:46:26+00:00** Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T16:46:29+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-28T16:28:24+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-30T20:15:29+00:00** Notification that HB1698 is now Act 1065 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2fd23c7-3703-4972-bcf4-8598cb4232d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).