---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF CERTAIN SALES AND USE TAX RETURNS."
description: "TO REQUIRE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF CERTAIN SALES AND USE TAX RETURNS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1379"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1379 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "McAlindon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08T18:03:44+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-06T19:34:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b862cf6e-18fe-4876-8839-6c418bd84836"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6f1671edc605ae1e1e9422237f103e4eb272a8dcae6516541757141406a72728"
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 1379 (2023) — TO REQUIRE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF CERTAIN SALES AND USE TAX RETURNS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 192** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=192.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1379** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1379.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **23–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowell — primary (person)
- McAlindon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08T18:03:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-08T23:03:50+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`
- **2023-02-21T17:40:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T20:17:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T22:53:17+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-22T22:53:27+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T19:33:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02T18:23:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T18:23:28+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-02T20:22:18+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-02T20:22:21+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-02T21:08:31+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-06T19:34:39+00:00** Notification that HB1379 is now Act 192 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b862cf6e-18fe-4876-8839-6c418bd84836`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).