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Bill TO CREATE THE GROCERY TAX RELIEF ACT; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES LEVIED ON FOOD AND FOOD INGREDIENTS, AS AFFIRMED BY REFERRED ACT 19 OF 1958; AND TO EXEMPT GROCERIES FROM STATE SALES AND USE TAXES. TO CREATE THE GROCERY TAX RELIEF ACT; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES LEVIED ON FOOD AND FOOD INGREDIENTS, AS AFFIRMED BY REFERRED ACT 19 OF 1958; AND TO EXEMPT GROCERIES FROM STATE SALES AND USE TAXES. us/states/ar Arkansas Legislature 2025 HB 1685 Arkansas HB 1685 (2025)
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Arkansas HB 1685 (2025) — TO CREATE THE GROCERY TAX RELIEF ACT; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES LEVIED ON FOOD AND FOOD INGREDIENTS, AS AFFIRMED BY REFERRED ACT 19 OF 1958; AND TO EXEMPT GROCERIES FROM STATE SALES AND USE TAXES.

Version chain

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

  1. Act 1008 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment H2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Amendment S1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Amendment S2 (committee substitute) — source
  6. HB 1685 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • Hester — primary (person)
  • Underwood — primary (person)
  • A. Brown — cosponsor (person)
  • Achor — cosponsor (person)
  • B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
  • Barker — cosponsor (person)
  • Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Bentley — cosponsor (person)
  • Breaux — cosponsor (person)
  • Brooks — cosponsor (person)
  • Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
  • Crawford — cosponsor (person)
  • Evans — cosponsor (person)
  • Furman — cosponsor (person)
  • Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
  • Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
  • Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
  • Hawk — cosponsor (person)
  • Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Moore — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
  • John Carr — cosponsor (person)
  • K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
  • Long — cosponsor (person)
  • Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
  • M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
  • McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
  • McClure — cosponsor (person)
  • McCollum — cosponsor (person)
  • N. Burkes — cosponsor (person)
  • Painter — cosponsor (person)
  • Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Burkes — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
  • Ray — cosponsor (person)
  • Rose — cosponsor (person)
  • Rye — cosponsor (person)
  • Torres — cosponsor (person)
  • Vaught — cosponsor (person)
  • Wooldridge — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-03-05T15:44:38+00:00 Filed introduction
  • 2025-03-05T23:20:58+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
  • 2025-03-17T13:46:20+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
  • 2025-03-17T13:46:22+00:00 Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
  • 2025-03-17T18:00:58+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  • 2025-04-01T13:53:54+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
  • 2025-04-01T13:53:56+00:00 Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-01T15:35:53+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  • 2025-04-03T18:29:31+00:00 Returned by the Committee Do Pass committee-passage
  • 2025-04-07T20:22:52+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
  • 2025-04-08T01:05:49+00:00 Received from the House.
  • 2025-04-08T01:05:59+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-08T18:55:29+00:00 Rules suspended.
  • 2025-04-08T18:55:37+00:00 Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
  • 2025-04-08T18:55:44+00:00 Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  • 2025-04-08T19:59:52+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  • 2025-04-08T20:00:01+00:00 Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE referral-committee
  • 2025-04-09T22:47:28+00:00 Rules suspended.
  • 2025-04-09T22:47:35+00:00 Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
  • 2025-04-09T22:47:42+00:00 Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  • 2025-04-09T23:39:07+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  • 2025-04-10T04:49:46+00:00 Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE referral-committee
  • 2025-04-10T18:22:57+00:00 Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-14T20:06:22+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2025-04-14T20:06:45+00:00 Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 .
  • 2025-04-14T22:39:01+00:00 Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
  • 2025-04-14T22:39:11+00:00 Re-referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE referral-committee
  • 2025-04-15T18:38:52+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2 committee-passage
  • 2025-04-16T18:33:08+00:00 Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
  • 2025-04-16T18:34:04+00:00 Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
  • 2025-04-16T18:34:08+00:00 TO BE ENROLLED
  • 2025-04-16T18:34:11+00:00 Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
  • 2025-04-22T21:06:24+00:00 Notification that HB1685 is now Act 1008 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f849bc65-97c7-4add-82bd-e832b7d8d8a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).