Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 1935 — TO CREATE A MODERNIZATION AND AUTOMATION TAX CREDIT TO ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT BY EXISTING BUSINESSES WITHIN THE STATE.

Last action — Notification that HB1935 is now Act 882

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on April 17, 2025.

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Advancing 52% · moderate confidence

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  • 2 sponsors

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 1935, a specific reference to "Act 882 of the Regular Session" has been removed, which indicates that this part of the law is no longer considered relevant. Additionally, a new line has been added to clarify something that relates to the bill's implementation date. These changes are important because they help ensure the bill aligns with current legal frameworks and improves the overall clarity and effectiveness of the legislation.

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Act 882 of the Regular Session State of Arkansas As Engrossed:
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How this bill changes current law

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The bill creates a modernization and automation tax credit to encourage investment by existing businesses in Arkansas.

  • Arkansas Code § 15-4-2703(29)(C)

    in connection with a project qualifying for retention tax credits under § 15-4-2706(c)(1)(A) and approved on or after June 22, 2017 → a modernization and automation tax credit under § 15-4-2706(c);

    This change clarifies that project costs can include those related to a new modernization and automation tax credit.

  • Arkansas Code § 15-4-2706(c)

    retention → modernization and automation

    This change specifies that applications for tax credits will be for modernization and automation, expanding the focus of tax incentives.

  • Arkansas Code § 15-4-2706(c)(2)(B)

    Incur a minimum of five → Incur a minimum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) in

    This change raises the minimum investment required to qualify for the tax credit to $25,000,000.

  • Arkansas Code § 15-4-2706(c)(3)(A)

    up to five percent (5%) → up to five percent (5%) of the eligible project costs.

    This change modifies the description of the tax credit, ensuring it is clearly defined as a percentage of project costs.

  • Arkansas Code § 15-4-2712(b)(6)

    the sales and use tax credit → modernization and automation tax credit

    This change clarifies that the investment tax credit cannot be combined with the modernization and automation tax credit for the same project.

  • Arkansas Code § 15-4-3501(g)

    and the retention modernization and automation tax credit → and the retention modernization and automation tax credit provided for in § 15-4-2706(c).

    This change explicitly states that expenditures cannot qualify for both incentives simultaneously.

Amendments

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Action History

  1. Notification that HB1935 is now Act 882

  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

  3. TO BE ENROLLED

  4. Returned from the Senate as passed.

  5. Returned to the House as passed.

  6. Read the third time and passed.

  7. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

  8. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE

  9. Received from the House.

  10. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

  11. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

  12. Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

  13. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.

  14. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1

  15. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE

  16. Filed

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (136)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1935?
HB 1935 is sponsored by Ben Gilmore and Les D. Eaves.
What is the current status of HB 1935?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2025. Enacted.
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