---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS WOOD ENERGY PRODUCTS AND FOREST MAINTENANCE INCOME TAX CREDIT."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS WOOD ENERGY PRODUCTS AND FOREST MAINTENANCE INCOME TAX CREDIT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 530"
citation: "Arkansas SB 530 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Beck"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-19T23:45:38+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T20:57:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4baa4b2c-084e-4c4c-9d2b-faa85cbba3f8"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "81e99bfa72003affa9968a86c5e08297e8fdcd500e3f3bc5ee825213ed775c49"
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 SB 530 (2025) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS WOOD ENERGY PRODUCTS AND FOREST MAINTENANCE INCOME TAX CREDIT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 701** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=701.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB530-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 530** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB530.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Beck — primary (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Childress — cosponsor (person)
- Clowney — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Eaton — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
- K. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- Magie — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McGruder — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-19T23:45:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-20T00:27:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T13:35:38+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-04-01T13:35:43+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-01T18:54:44+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-01T18:54:52+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T21:59:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03T20:34:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T20:34:44+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-03T22:03:45+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-04T00:16:22+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`
- **2025-04-08T16:29:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10T00:25:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T00:25:51+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:17:49+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:17:53+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:16:23+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-10T13:16:25+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T20:57:18+00:00** Notification that SB530 is now Act 701 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4baa4b2c-084e-4c4c-9d2b-faa85cbba3f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).