---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF “INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS” FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS PURCHASED BY A SCHOOL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF “INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS” FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS PURCHASED BY A SCHOOL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "Arkansas SB 244 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01T17:23:35+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T19:26:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b903199a-ea19-4cf2-86c1-1deb1b6332bb"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a095130596c50f7e76d184fb65da511335e477e4902d7ec78187915073d33684"
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 SB 244 (2021) — TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF “INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS” FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS PURCHASED BY A SCHOOL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 244** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB244.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01T17:23:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-01T19:14:50+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T18:35:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T19:00:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T19:00:44+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-15T19:00:57+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-15T22:21:00+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-15T22:44:29+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`
- **2021-04-20T22:54:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T20:51:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T20:51:29+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-21T20:51:35+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-22T01:50:49+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-22T01:50:55+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-22T17:06:19+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-22T17:06:26+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T19:26:06+00:00** Notification that SB244 is now Act 914 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b903199a-ea19-4cf2-86c1-1deb1b6332bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).