---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REDEMPTION OF A TAX-DELINQUENT PARCEL; AND TO EXEMPT DISABLED VETERANS FROM CERTAIN PENALTIES WHEN REDEEMING A TAX-DELINQUENT PARCEL."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REDEMPTION OF A TAX-DELINQUENT PARCEL; AND TO EXEMPT DISABLED VETERANS FROM CERTAIN PENALTIES WHEN REDEEMING A TAX-DELINQUENT PARCEL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1400"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1400 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Stubblefield", "Richmond"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04T19:59:11+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T22:06:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad827635-b49e-4b8c-aa13-2dc22bc6e0f4"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7fd5a2c4f66dc31a02eebdf2fc838d09bd9d005886822f27acc01acb3a31d06c"
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 1400 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REDEMPTION OF A TAX-DELINQUENT PARCEL; AND TO EXEMPT DISABLED VETERANS FROM CERTAIN PENALTIES WHEN REDEEMING A TAX-DELINQUENT PARCEL.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 259** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=259.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1400-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1400** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1400.pdf)

## Sponsors

- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)
- Richmond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04T19:59:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T23:17:59+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on Joint Committee on Military And Veterans Affairs `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T14:29:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-20T14:29:55+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-20T18:17:37+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-04T16:26:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T20:36:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05T23:21:04+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-05T23:21:08+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-10T19:52:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T19:52:17+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-10T21:11:35+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-10T21:11:38+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-11T13:28:46+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-12T22:06:22+00:00** Notification that HB1400 is now Act 259 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad827635-b49e-4b8c-aa13-2dc22bc6e0f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).