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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1685"
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citation: "Arkansas HB 1685 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Underwood"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-03-05T15:44:38+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-22T21:06:24+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f849bc65-97c7-4add-82bd-e832b7d8d8a5"
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source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "10584a5aed13074a928c7d5d83ffa2848271ec9a2f60be00fd9cb72074eea322"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
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---
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Act 1008** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=1008.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
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2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1685-H1.pdf)
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3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1685-H2.pdf)
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4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1685-S1.pdf)
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5. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1685-S2.pdf)
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6. **HB 1685** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1685.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Hester — primary (person)
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- Underwood — primary (person)
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- A. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Achor — cosponsor (person)
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- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
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- Barker — cosponsor (person)
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- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
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- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
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- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
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- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
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- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
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- Evans — cosponsor (person)
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- Furman — cosponsor (person)
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- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
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- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
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- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
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- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- John Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Long — cosponsor (person)
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- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
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- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
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- McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Burkes — cosponsor (person)
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- Painter — cosponsor (person)
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- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Burkes — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ray — cosponsor (person)
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- Rose — cosponsor (person)
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- Rye — cosponsor (person)
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- Torres — cosponsor (person)
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- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
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- Wooldridge — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-05T15:44:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **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`
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- **2025-03-17T13:46:20+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2025-03-17T13:46:22+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-17T18:00:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-04-01T13:53:54+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2025-04-01T13:53:56+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-01T15:35:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-04-03T18:29:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-07T20:22:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-08T01:05:49+00:00** Received from the House.
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- **2025-04-08T01:05:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-08T18:55:29+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2025-04-08T18:55:37+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
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- **2025-04-08T18:55:44+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2025-04-08T19:59:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-04-08T20:00:01+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09T22:47:28+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2025-04-09T22:47:35+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
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- **2025-04-09T22:47:42+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2025-04-09T23:39:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-04-10T04:49:46+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-10T18:22:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-14T20:06:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-14T20:06:45+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 .
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- **2025-04-14T22:39:01+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
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- **2025-04-14T22:39:11+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-04-16T18:33:08+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
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- **2025-04-16T18:34:04+00:00** Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
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- **2025-04-16T18:34:08+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
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- **2025-04-16T18:34:11+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
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- **2025-04-22T21:06:24+00:00** Notification that HB1685 is now Act 1008 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f849bc65-97c7-4add-82bd-e832b7d8d8a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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