---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THAT MEMBERSHIP DUES PAID TO HUNTING OR FISHING CLUBS ARE EXEMPT FROM SALES TAX."
description: "TO CLARIFY THAT MEMBERSHIP DUES PAID TO HUNTING OR FISHING CLUBS ARE EXEMPT FROM SALES TAX."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1627"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1627 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "J. Moore"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-14T18:54:11+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:23:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7d34d7c-8c47-48ec-a529-3881c58896ca"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7a3208da5daa999f17364f714b0e6d6b0afe8378d058510fef37e84e1cd5f906"
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 1627 (2023) — TO CLARIFY THAT MEMBERSHIP DUES PAID TO HUNTING OR FISHING CLUBS ARE EXEMPT FROM SALES TAX.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 521** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=521.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1627** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1627.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- J. Moore — primary (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- C. Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- J. Payton — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- John Carr — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Puryear — cosponsor (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-14T18:54:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-14T22:03:24+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`
- **2023-03-28T16:16:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T19:23:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T23:29:24+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-29T23:29:32+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T17:27:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T19:38:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:38:10+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-05T21:26:34+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-05T21:26:39+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T22:23:52+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:23:40+00:00** Notification that HB1627 is now Act 521 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7d34d7c-8c47-48ec-a529-3881c58896ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).