---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS BY PHASING OUT THE THROWBACK RULE."
description: "TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS BY PHASING OUT THE THROWBACK RULE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1045"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1045 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beaty Jr.", "Gilmore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-28T17:31:28+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:04:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/374af2bd-6e5d-434f-8f4e-21492efda431"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3214259068d0ada0360a7b73d948d67cf7cd8fe1cf178b2ef1b4e5e1fe4aa63d"
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 1045 (2023) — TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS BY PHASING OUT THE THROWBACK RULE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 485** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=485.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1045-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1045-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1045** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1045.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beaty Jr. — primary (person)
- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Duffield — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- G. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- M. Shepherd — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Puryear — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Steimel — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-28T17:31:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T20:00:56+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`
- **2023-03-28T13:30:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-28T13:30:25+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28T16:20:03+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-03T13:46:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-03T13:46:40+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:20:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-04T17:48:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T00:42:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T03:06:35+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-05T03:56:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T17:33:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T16:54:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T16:54:46+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T18:49:55+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T18:49:57+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T20:14:29+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:04:02+00:00** Notification that HB1045 is now Act 485 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/374af2bd-6e5d-434f-8f4e-21492efda431`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).