Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 1685 — 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.

Last action — Notification that HB1685 is now Act 1008

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 05, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on April 22, 2025.

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Prognosis

Advancing 60% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 41 sponsors

    2 primary, 39 co-sponsors signed on.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

0 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill HB 1685 removed a reference to "Act 1008 of the Regular Session," along with the approval date of April 22, 2025. This change may simplify the bill by eliminating unnecessary details or create clarity in its legal context. It matters because it helps focus on the main intent of the bill without referencing potentially outdated or irrelevant information.

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Act 1008 of the Regular Session State of ArkansaAs Engrossed:
State of ArkansaAs Engrossed:
/s/Underwood APPROVED:
/s/Underwood 13 04-09-2025 18:11:44 JLL150
4/22/25 13 04-09-2025 18:11:44 JLL150
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Amendments

4 amendments

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Action History

  1. Notification that HB1685 is now Act 1008

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

  3. TO BE ENROLLED

  4. Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.

  5. Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.

  6. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2

  7. Re-referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE

  8. Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2

  9. Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 .

  10. Read the third time and passed.

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

  12. Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE

  13. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

  14. Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

  15. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2

  16. Rules suspended.

  17. Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE

  18. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

  19. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

  20. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1

  21. Rules suspended.

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

  23. Received from the House.

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

  25. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

  26. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

  27. Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

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

  29. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

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

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

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

  33. Filed

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 39 co-sponsors · 97 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (39)

Not signed on (97)

97 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

taxation
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1685?
HB 1685 is sponsored by Jeremy Wooldridge, DeAnn Vaught, Randy Torres, Johnny Rye, Ryan A. Rose, Jay Richardson, Aaron Pilkington, Stetson Painter, Jeremiah Moore, Brit McKenzie, Mark D. McElroy, Rick McClure, Mindy McAlindon, Robin Lundstrum, Wayne Long, Steve Hollowell, RJ Hawk, Zack Gramlich, Justin Gonzales, Jimmy Gazaway, Tony Furman, Brian S. Evans, Cindy Crawford, Frances Cavenaugh, Rebecca Burkes, Nick Burkes, Matt Brown, Karilyn Brown, Alyssa Brown, Keith Brooks, Harlan Breaux, Mary Bentley, Howard M. Beaty, Jr., Sonia Eubanks Barker, Brandon Achor, David Ray, Austin McCollum, Bart Hester, Kendon Underwood, John P. Carr, and R. Scott Richardson.
What is the current status of HB 1685?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 05, 2025. Enacted.
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