---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE STATE INCOME TAX; TO CHANGE THE NAME AND FUNDING OF THE LONG TERM RESERVE FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE STATE INCOME TAX; TO CHANGE THE NAME AND FUNDING OF THE LONG TERM RESERVE FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021S2"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Arkansas SB 1 (2021S2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Maddox"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-12-06T14:38:01+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-09T21:35:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4697540c-1a89-4927-86df-40a67aad48d4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5274437f3fcb91cd3b6870d72f55922165544561d0f0a1dfedd4a9e16b870404"
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 SB 1 (2021S2) — TO AMEND THE STATE INCOME TAX; TO CHANGE THE NAME AND FUNDING OF THE LONG TERM RESERVE FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021S2%2FPublic%2FSB1-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 1** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021S2/Public/Searchable/SB1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **80–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- Maddox — primary (person)
- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Sample — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Beckham — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Bledsoe — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Bragg — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Deffenbaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hawks — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hickey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hillman — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Hendren — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- J. Sturch — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Jett — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- M. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. Pitsch — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Payton — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Rapert — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- S. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Shepherd — cosponsor (person)
- Slape — cosponsor (person)
- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
- Tollett — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-06T14:38:01+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-12-07T16:49:26+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-07T21:08:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-12-08T15:51:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-12-08T15:51:06+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-12-08T15:51:13+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-12-08T16:38:31+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-12-08T17:19:51+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`
- **2021-12-08T21:38:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-12-09T16:18:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-12-09T16:18:37+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-12-09T16:18:43+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-12-09T17:05:57+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-12-09T17:06:02+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-12-09T17:06:06+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-12-09T17:06:12+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-09T21:35:22+00:00** Notification that SB1 is now Act 2 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4697540c-1a89-4927-86df-40a67aad48d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).