---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ESTABLISHING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS, SURVIVING SPOUSES, AND MINOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ESTABLISHING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS, SURVIVING SPOUSES, AND MINOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1072"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1072 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Cooper", "M. Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-20T17:17:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:52:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1190718f-c975-4d5d-b481-4420934b50b3"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b1de4d0918b3960ff2b563398b0ec15df40587947d0fd84b240b6e7526fc3278"
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 1072 (2025) — TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ESTABLISHING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS, SURVIVING SPOUSES, AND MINOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 876** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=876.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1072-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1072-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1072** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1072.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Cooper — primary (person)
- M. Johnson — primary (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Whitaker — cosponsor (person)
- Duffield — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-20T17:17:30+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T23:13:49+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`
- **2025-03-18T18:29:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19T13:30:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-19T13:30:52+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19T21:16:17+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-20T18:59:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T23:13:31+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-20T23:13:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T18:46:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03T13:35:41+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-03T13:35:49+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-03T18:14:17+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-09T00:27:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T00:27:55+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-09T15:59:12+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-09T15:59:22+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T18:34:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14T19:39:08+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-14T19:39:10+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T16:57:04+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:52:40+00:00** Notification that HB1072 is now Act 876 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1190718f-c975-4d5d-b481-4420934b50b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).