---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW GOVERNING THE INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR WASTE REDUCTION, REUSE, OR RECYCLING EQUIPMENT; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF “QUALIFIED SPECIALTY STEEL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY”."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW GOVERNING THE INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR WASTE REDUCTION, REUSE, OR RECYCLING EQUIPMENT; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF “QUALIFIED SPECIALTY STEEL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY”."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 543"
citation: "Arkansas SB 543 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Jett"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-16T15:56:23+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T19:59:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/622a799b-c604-49d4-b918-afc9d8be5094"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1127015946686e635441e40a39fc5fa5f38b7069e89391fd336965e562c62872"
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 543 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW GOVERNING THE INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR WASTE REDUCTION, REUSE, OR RECYCLING EQUIPMENT; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF “QUALIFIED SPECIALTY STEEL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY”.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 543** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB543.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **86–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Jett — primary (person)
- M. Hodges — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16T15:56:23+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T18:48:46+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T18:29:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08T19:10:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T19:10:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-08T20:06:03+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-08T23:19:19+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`
- **2021-04-16T00:06:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T20:07:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T20:07:47+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-20T22:47:59+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-20T22:48:06+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-21T16:32:31+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-21T16:32:37+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T19:59:33+00:00** Notification that SB543 is now Act 895 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/622a799b-c604-49d4-b918-afc9d8be5094`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).