---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL OF CERTAIN TAX LEVIES; TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL OF CERTAIN TAX LEVIES; TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1027"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1027 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Johnson", "Ray"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-05T21:01:57+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-06T19:33:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67e3cf6c-2224-4ad9-aaf1-2270964c02c4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "cbffe492a84733a7749d3200659e0d730c097fa92b77b07555cace8299619365"
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 1027 (2023) — TO REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL OF CERTAIN TAX LEVIES; TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 190** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=190.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1027-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1027-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1027-H3.pdf)
5. **HB 1027** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1027.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Johnson — primary (person)
- Ray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05T21:01:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:55:39+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`
- **2023-01-25T14:32:42+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-25T14:32:45+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-25T15:58:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-01T14:34:16+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-01T14:34:18+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-01T16:06:16+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-13T14:36:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-13T14:36:10+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-13T16:36:30+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-14T17:30:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15T20:13:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T20:13:09+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-15T22:03:25+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-15T22:03:33+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T19:34:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02T18:14:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T18:15:03+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-02T18:15:10+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-02T20:21:11+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-02T20:21:13+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-02T21:07:49+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-06T19:33:41+00:00** Notification that HB1027 is now Act 190 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67e3cf6c-2224-4ad9-aaf1-2270964c02c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).