---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE A SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS ORGANIZATION."
description: "TO CREATE A SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS ORGANIZATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1594"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1594 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duffield", "Flippo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-10T18:08:26+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:22:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45dbf730-f168-42a3-a845-eb621b4a9552"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a7b616ecd127dfa5515981611f0d25dd63b5fdd4893fe5aa438dbe0fc46d6c1d"
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 1594 (2023) — TO CREATE A SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS ORGANIZATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 518** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=518.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1594** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1594.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duffield — primary (person)
- Flippo — primary (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- Schulz — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-10T18:08:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-13T22:57:04+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`
- **2023-03-16T16:16:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27T20:23:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T22:52:47+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-27T22:52:54+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:31:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T19:38:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:38:10+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-05T21:25:48+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-05T21:25:49+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T22:24:47+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:22:37+00:00** Notification that HB1594 is now Act 518 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45dbf730-f168-42a3-a845-eb621b4a9552`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).