republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2025/sb-568.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TAXES APPLICABLE TO LITHIUM EXTRACTION AND DEVELOPMENT; TO PROVIDE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR LITHIUM RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SEVERANCE TAX ON LITHIUM."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TAXES APPLICABLE TO LITHIUM EXTRACTION AND DEVELOPMENT; TO PROVIDE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR LITHIUM RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SEVERANCE TAX ON LITHIUM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 568"
citation: "Arkansas SB 568 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Jean"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-27T13:55:37+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-23T21:54:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc96f24b-f199-49bb-a5ce-d125190155a2"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "cd83a8f7e84cd3b102956d296b4e1d57b256e39293d44cd84f4d246f330e601e"
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 568 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TAXES APPLICABLE TO LITHIUM EXTRACTION AND DEVELOPMENT; TO PROVIDE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR LITHIUM RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SEVERANCE TAX ON LITHIUM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 1012** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=1012.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB568-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB568-S2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB568-S3.pdf)
5. **SB 568** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB568.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Crowell — primary (person)
- Jean — primary (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Henley — cosponsor (person)
- M. Shepherd — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-27T13:55:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-31T19:04:34+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T13:36:07+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-04-01T13:36:13+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-01T18:55:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-01T18:55:42+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T12:43:08+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2025-04-08T12:43:17+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-08T18:24:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-08T18:24:45+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T19:27:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T18:34:48+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-09T18:34:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-09T18:35:03+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-09T19:32:16+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-09T19:32:24+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T19:38:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10T02:42:07+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-10T02:42:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T02:42:31+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-10T14:54:16+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-10T23:40:00+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T19:00:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T21:16:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:17:36+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T23:57:41+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T23:57:45+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T12:41:22+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-16T12:41:26+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23T21:54:21+00:00** Notification that SB568 is now Act 1012 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc96f24b-f199-49bb-a5ce-d125190155a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).