---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR MORTALITY COMPOSTING DEVICES SOLD TO A COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK OR POULTRY PRODUCER."
description: "TO CREATE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR MORTALITY COMPOSTING DEVICES SOLD TO A COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK OR POULTRY PRODUCER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1172"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1172 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dees", "Vaught"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-19T16:51:02+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T16:30:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7be7d382-bcf6-412c-8c73-c8762971a5b6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9b4371d6362841e9844c897f8d2a19f537710b0f0dec4ab362cb0ec9c6d91901"
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 1172 (2023) — TO CREATE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR MORTALITY COMPOSTING DEVICES SOLD TO A COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK OR POULTRY PRODUCER.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 534** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=534.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1172** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1172.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dees — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19T16:51:02+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-19T22:39:03+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`
- **2023-03-30T16:29:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T20:13:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T00:07:24+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T00:08:44+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T17:33:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T16:54:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T16:54:46+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T18:52:55+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T18:52:56+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T20:13:11+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T16:30:33+00:00** Notification that HB1172 is now Act 534 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7be7d382-bcf6-412c-8c73-c8762971a5b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).