---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR DATA CENTERS."
description: "TO AMEND THE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR DATA CENTERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1444"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1444 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Pilkington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-10T20:24:23+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-10T22:36:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/272a4d6a-c291-47d9-982e-e335d0589403"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9a070c12fe19a4352c403755633c36ac2ac5d6bdf0997287ec6e76097e6e235a"
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 1444 (2025) — TO AMEND THE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR DATA CENTERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 548** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=548.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1444-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1444-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1444** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1444.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10T20:24:23+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-10T23:12:30+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`
- **2025-02-27T14:38:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-27T14:38:58+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-27T17:56:22+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-06T19:37:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T19:17:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T22:43:48+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-10T22:43:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T18:47:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20T19:06:37+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-20T19:06:43+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-20T20:43:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-31T21:01:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T21:01:53+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-03-31T22:41:42+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-03-31T22:42:09+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T18:27:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07T19:35:14+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-07T19:35:17+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-08T15:42:01+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-10T22:36:48+00:00** Notification that HB1444 is now Act 548 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/272a4d6a-c291-47d9-982e-e335d0589403`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).