HB 1444 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO AMEND THE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR DATA CENTERS.

HB 1444 (now Act 548) is a technical amendment to Arkansas' sales tax exemption rules for data centers. It clarifies that data submitted to the tax commission for exemption eligibility will be used **only** for determining eligibility, not for other purposes. The bill does not change who qualifies for the exemption or alter the exemption itself - only the reporting process. This procedural adjustment was passed by the Senate and signed into law on April 10, 2025.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Signed Apr 10, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 548 → HB 1444 · 1 edit

MINOR

HB 1444 appears to be a technical reformatting of Act 548 with no substantive policy changes. The bill maintains the same requirements for qualified data center investments, including the $500 million investment threshold, $100 million facility investment requirement, and compensation obligations to employees. The changes are primarily formatting adjustments to page headers and line numbering rather than modifications to the actual legislative language.

Scope change

No substantive scope change; the bill's applicability and requirements remain identical to the previous Act 548 version.

TECHNICAL

Formatting adjustments to page headers and line numbering throughout the document without altering substantive legislative text.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 10, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1444 is now Act 548

lower

Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Mar 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Introduced

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

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors