---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR DATA CENTERS; AND TO PROVIDE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR DATA CENTER EQUIPMENT, DATA CENTER COSTS, CERTAIN SERVICES PROVIDED TO A DATA CENTER, AND ELECTRICITY USED BY A DATA CENTER."
description: "TO PROVIDE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR DATA CENTERS; AND TO PROVIDE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR DATA CENTER EQUIPMENT, DATA CENTER COSTS, CERTAIN SERVICES PROVIDED TO A DATA CENTER, AND ELECTRICITY USED BY A DATA CENTER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1654"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1654 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Pilkington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-16T19:18:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:19:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23a66dd5-d18d-4e13-b046-f9b9bfac906c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6e5853ef8ac72758abe486aae77cf353c69e82ca0f10a12e4e8ed76608987ad3"
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 1654 (2023) — TO PROVIDE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR DATA CENTERS; AND TO PROVIDE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR DATA CENTER EQUIPMENT, DATA CENTER COSTS, CERTAIN SERVICES PROVIDED TO A DATA CENTER, AND ELECTRICITY USED BY A DATA CENTER.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 819** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=819.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1654-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1654** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1654.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **78–6** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- Pilkington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16T19:18:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-16T21:43:33+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`
- **2023-03-30T23:36:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T13:54:33+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-03T13:54:35+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:21:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-04T21:07:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T03:57:02+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-05T18:01:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T16:09:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T20:30:19+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-06T20:30:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T20:30:48+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:09:18+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:09:20+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:15:20+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:19:34+00:00** Notification that HB1654 is now Act 819 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23a66dd5-d18d-4e13-b046-f9b9bfac906c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).