---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROHIBIT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM ENACTING AN INCOME TAX."
description: "TO PROHIBIT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM ENACTING AN INCOME TAX."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1026"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1026 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Payton", "Ray"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-05T20:59:52+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-21T13:36:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2203f3d5-cba5-424b-a272-44791b6a9dc5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "149a8eb94579d91acbbce349b15d19f31203a6f647d81af719e92bb32fe1411d"
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 1026 (2023) — TO PROHIBIT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM ENACTING AN INCOME TAX.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 96** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=96.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1026-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1026-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1026.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **79–10** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **27–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Payton — primary (person)
- Ray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05T20:59:52+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:54:31+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`
- **2023-01-26T16:54:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30T14:35:03+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-30T14:35:06+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-30T16:07:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-31T19:47:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T19:18:09+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-01T19:18:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T14:06:00+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-06T14:06:05+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-06T14:06:11+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-06T19:13:56+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-06T19:14:03+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T19:25:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09T17:32:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T17:33:09+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-02-09T19:01:48+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-02-09T19:37:24+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T17:29:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15T20:05:18+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-02-15T20:05:20+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-16T15:10:39+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-21T13:36:18+00:00** Notification that HB1026 is now Act 96 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2203f3d5-cba5-424b-a272-44791b6a9dc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).