---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ADD THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MILITARY TO THE LIST OF CLAIMANT AGENCIES FOR PURPOSES OF THE SETOFF AGAINST STATE TAX REFUNDS; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"DEBT\" FOR PURPOSES OF THE SETOFF AGAINST STATE TAX REFUNDS."
description: "TO ADD THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MILITARY TO THE LIST OF CLAIMANT AGENCIES FOR PURPOSES OF THE SETOFF AGAINST STATE TAX REFUNDS; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"DEBT\" FOR PURPOSES OF THE SETOFF AGAINST STATE TAX REFUNDS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1497"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1497 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Painter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-17T18:05:12+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-25T13:28:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64d249ab-862a-4dac-8a93-ffff97a667a3"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f7c03f2ceca969430fe6777ae9dded2c3f1d197abcd784306e39497ee73dfa5e"
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 1497 (2025) — TO ADD THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MILITARY TO THE LIST OF CLAIMANT AGENCIES FOR PURPOSES OF THE SETOFF AGAINST STATE TAX REFUNDS; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "DEBT" FOR PURPOSES OF THE SETOFF AGAINST STATE TAX REFUNDS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 411** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=411.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1497-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1497** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1497.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Crowell — primary (person)
- Painter — primary (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-17T18:05:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T23:21:42+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`
- **2025-03-06T19:37:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T13:34:29+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-10T13:34:33+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-10T17:43:17+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-11T19:21:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11T21:18:36+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-11T21:18:44+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T18:48:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20T20:22:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T20:22:11+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-20T21:03:21+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-20T21:03:23+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-21T14:03:38+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-25T13:28:04+00:00** Notification that HB1497 is now Act 411 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64d249ab-862a-4dac-8a93-ffff97a667a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).