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type: "Bill"
title: "TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AN EMPLOYER MUST HAVE TO BE MANDATED TO FILE AN ANNUAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING STATEMENT ELECTRONICALLY; AND TO REQUIRE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF A WITHHOLDING RETURN FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYERS."
description: "TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AN EMPLOYER MUST HAVE TO BE MANDATED TO FILE AN ANNUAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING STATEMENT ELECTRONICALLY; AND TO REQUIRE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF A WITHHOLDING RETURN FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 503"
citation: "Arkansas SB 503 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Eaton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18T18:50:23+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:39:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e5b54bf-c5be-41c5-aec0-6cb8ad6933ff"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e924ffeede5803930f1cfdf4afb42cf3d5ff38c8c88186ae68f54e65d5883346"
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 503 (2025) — TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AN EMPLOYER MUST HAVE TO BE MANDATED TO FILE AN ANNUAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING STATEMENT ELECTRONICALLY; AND TO REQUIRE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF A WITHHOLDING RETURN FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYERS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 616** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=616.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 503** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB503.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Crowell — primary (person)
- Eaton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-18T18:50:23+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-18T20:51:36+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T18:51:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01T21:12:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T21:12:31+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-01T22:45:53+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-02T01:49:18+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`
- **2025-04-03T18:29:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08T14:38:44+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:17:17+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:17:21+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T14:12:31+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-09T14:12:34+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-14T22:39:33+00:00** Notification that SB503 is now Act 616 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e5b54bf-c5be-41c5-aec0-6cb8ad6933ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).