---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"HOMESTEAD\" FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS, SURVIVING SPOUSES, AND MINOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN."
description: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"HOMESTEAD\" FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS, SURVIVING SPOUSES, AND MINOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1129"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1129 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gramlich", "J. Petty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-15T15:23:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-25T13:26:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45c449bd-9eb4-4a2f-9013-aa395c7bceb8"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e7bf51a8bec7242748207e578e72794b8f07bfbee6bcb1380e8c340b80ed0640"
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 1129 (2025) — TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "HOMESTEAD" FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS, SURVIVING SPOUSES, AND MINOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 407** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=407.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1129-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1129** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1129.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gramlich — primary (person)
- J. Petty — primary (person)
- Puryear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15T15:23:32+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T23:18:17+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`
- **2025-02-27T14:39:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-27T14:39:27+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-27T17:56:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-06T19:37:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T19:14:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T22:41:03+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-10T22:41:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T18:46:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20T19:48:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T19:48:54+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-20T21:00:38+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-20T21:00:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-21T14:05:50+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-25T13:26:45+00:00** Notification that HB1129 is now Act 407 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45c449bd-9eb4-4a2f-9013-aa395c7bceb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).