---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ACT; AND TO PROVIDE THAT A HOMESTEAD OWNED BY A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
description: "TO AMEND THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ACT; AND TO PROVIDE THAT A HOMESTEAD OWNED BY A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1729"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1729 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bryant", "R. Burkes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-10T20:56:50+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:56:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00e9c9f9-2363-4e0e-a4f4-bbb6b91c705b"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0a7bdbea8e23afcf81533ff01522c4675eb54e3b2427e0981ded3de0f7a0a757"
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 1729 (2025) — TO AMEND THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ACT; AND TO PROVIDE THAT A HOMESTEAD OWNED BY A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 679** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=679.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1729** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1729.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- R. Burkes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10T20:56:50+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-10T22:49:46+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T19:58:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T20:04:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T00:22:14+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-01T00:22:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T18:52:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10T00:50:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T00:50:28+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:44:33+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:44:35+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T15:37:36+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:56:15+00:00** Notification that HB1729 is now Act 679 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00e9c9f9-2363-4e0e-a4f4-bbb6b91c705b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).