---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO INCREASE THE USE OF THE PROGRAM CREATED UNDER THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC ROADS IMPROVEMENTS CREDIT ACT BY MAKING IT EASIER TO USE THE TAX CREDIT PROVIDED UNDER THE ACT."
description: "TO INCREASE THE USE OF THE PROGRAM CREATED UNDER THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC ROADS IMPROVEMENTS CREDIT ACT BY MAKING IT EASIER TO USE THE TAX CREDIT PROVIDED UNDER THE ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 481"
citation: "Arkansas SB 481 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-05T15:13:14+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T15:29:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f7b1434-7919-4859-99a7-cb119f3f2abe"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "30fd78848aeb5d917b650a6924a58f98d4133ac4f2399f4d82543d28549889a7"
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 481 (2021) — TO INCREASE THE USE OF THE PROGRAM CREATED UNDER THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC ROADS IMPROVEMENTS CREDIT ACT BY MAKING IT EASIER TO USE THE TAX CREDIT PROVIDED UNDER THE ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 481** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB481.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05T15:13:14+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-08T19:40:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T18:09:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01T18:53:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T18:54:01+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-01T21:38:51+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-01T22:47:35+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`
- **2021-04-06T22:23:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07T19:22:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T19:22:53+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-07T23:08:58+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-07T23:09:05+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-08T15:55:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-08T15:55:49+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13T15:29:07+00:00** Notification that SB481 is now Act 628 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f7b1434-7919-4859-99a7-cb119f3f2abe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).