2025 Regular Session • Arkansas Legislature
HB1685
Legislative Summary
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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Bill History
3/5/2025
Filed
House of Representatives
3/5/2025
Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE
House of Representatives
3/17/2025
Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
House of Representatives
3/17/2025
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
House of Representatives
3/17/2025
REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
House of Representatives
4/1/2025
Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
House of Representatives
4/1/2025
Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
House of Representatives
4/1/2025
REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
House of Representatives
4/3/2025
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
House of Representatives
4/7/2025
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
House of Representatives
4/7/2025
Received from the House.
Senate
4/7/2025
Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE
Senate
4/8/2025
Rules suspended.
Senate
4/8/2025
Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
Senate
4/8/2025
Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
Senate
4/8/2025
REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Senate
4/8/2025
Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE
Senate
4/9/2025
Rules suspended.
Senate
4/9/2025
Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
Senate
4/9/2025
Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
Senate
4/9/2025
REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Senate
4/9/2025
Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE
Senate
4/10/2025
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
Senate
4/14/2025
Read the third time and passed.
Senate
4/14/2025
Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 .
Senate
4/14/2025
Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Re-referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE
House of Representatives
4/15/2025
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2
House of Representatives
4/16/2025
Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
House of Representatives
4/16/2025
Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
House of Representatives
4/16/2025
TO BE ENROLLED
House of Representatives
4/16/2025
Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
House of Representatives
4/22/2025
Notification that HB1685 is now Act 1008
House of Representatives
Amendments
Senate Amendment S2
Senate Amendment S2
4/9/2025Not Adopted
Senate Amendment S1
Senate Amendment S1
4/8/2025Not Adopted
House Amendment H2
House Amendment H2
3/31/2025Not Adopted
House Amendment H1
House Amendment H1
3/13/2025Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
4/16/2025
93
Yea
0
Nay
7
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
4/16/2025
95
Yea
0
Nay
5
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading
4/14/2025
35
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading
4/7/2025
96
Yea
2
Nay
2
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(4/22/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Republican: 40
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Kendon Underwood
Republican
Co-Sponsors (40)
Bart Hester
Republican
Austin Mccollum
Republican
David Ray
Republican
Brandon Achor
Republican
Sonia Eubanks Barker
Republican
Howard Beaty
Republican
Mary Bentley
Republican
Harlan Breaux
Republican
Keith Brooks
Republican
Alyssa Brown
Republican
Karilyn Brown
Republican
Matt Brown
Republican
Nick Burkes
Republican
Rebecca Burkes
Republican
John Carr
Republican
Frances Cavenaugh
Republican
Cindy Crawford
Republican
Brian Evans
Republican
Tony Furman
Republican
Jimmie Gazaway
Republican
Justin Gonzales
Republican
Zack Gramlich
Republican
RJ Hawk
Republican
Steve Hollowell
Republican
Wayne Long
Republican
Robin Lundstrum
Republican
Mindy McAlindon
Republican
Rick McClure
Republican
Mark McElroy
Republican
Brit McKenzie
Republican
Jeremiah Moore
Republican
Stetson Painter
Republican
Aaron Pilkington
Republican
Jay Richardson
Democrat
Scott Richardson
Republican
Ryan Rose
Republican
Johnny Rye
Republican
Randy Torres
Republican
Deann Vaught
Republican
Jeremy Wooldridge
Republican