---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO DEFINE \"HOMESTEAD\" FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS, SURVIVING SPOUSES OF DISABLED VETERANS, AND MINOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF DISABLED VETERANS."
description: "TO DEFINE \"HOMESTEAD\" FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS, SURVIVING SPOUSES OF DISABLED VETERANS, AND MINOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF DISABLED VETERANS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1143"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1143 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "D. Wallace"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-17T18:49:24+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-30T14:50:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7905dc19-ff2e-4baa-96d3-521f4074209f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "dcd5e93660ed958620510b738f15f694e59dca48fea8c4592b0a0fd7b7653c3c"
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 1143 (2023) — TO DEFINE "HOMESTEAD" FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS, SURVIVING SPOUSES OF DISABLED VETERANS, AND MINOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF DISABLED VETERANS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 395** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=395.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1143-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1143-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1143-S2.pdf)
5. **HB 1143** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1143.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Fite — primary (person)
- D. Wallace — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17T18:49:24+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-17T20:06:08+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`
- **2023-01-25T14:32:32+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-25T14:32:35+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-25T15:58:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-26T16:55:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30T19:39:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30T20:39:33+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-01-30T20:39:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T14:31:04+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-21T14:31:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-21T14:31:13+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-21T19:19:23+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-21T19:19:30+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T14:31:47+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2023-02-28T14:31:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-28T14:31:59+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-28T19:19:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-28T19:19:16+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T19:46:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13T19:36:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T19:36:53+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-03-13T22:07:42+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2023-03-13T22:08:13+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T16:17:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27T19:23:35+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-27T19:23:46+00:00** Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-27T19:23:50+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-28T13:47:43+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-30T14:50:04+00:00** Notification that HB1143 is now Act 395 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7905dc19-ff2e-4baa-96d3-521f4074209f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).