---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW TO ALLOW FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS IN THE MUNICIPAL AID FUND, TURNBACK FUNDS, AND COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX REVENUES TO NEWLY INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW TO ALLOW FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS IN THE MUNICIPAL AID FUND, TURNBACK FUNDS, AND COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX REVENUES TO NEWLY INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1522"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1522 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Womack"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-18T19:30:48+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:12:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e52a8b7d-8e02-4ef7-bea9-1fe874a968c4"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "380abae71ac290881bd4a89289b6e9cfd821bf7742b4825cf4699f1525142a6e"
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 1522 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW TO ALLOW FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS IN THE MUNICIPAL AID FUND, TURNBACK FUNDS, AND COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX REVENUES TO NEWLY INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 620** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=620.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1522-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1522** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1522.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- Womack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18T19:30:48+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-18T22:52:53+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T14:29:05+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-25T14:29:07+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-25T15:58:11+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-26T18:45:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T20:39:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T20:39:34+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-27T22:32:39+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-27T22:32:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T00:38:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T00:39:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T00:39:26+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-09T00:39:32+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:24:23+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:24:26+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T16:24:28+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-14T22:12:27+00:00** Notification that HB1522 is now Act 620 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e52a8b7d-8e02-4ef7-bea9-1fe874a968c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).