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Veterans-support nonprofit exemption bill fails to proceed after lack of motion
Summary
Representative Brown presented House Bill 1485 to allow nonprofits that support veterans homes and cemeteries to qualify for an unspecified sales tax benefit; the bill did not receive a committee motion and did not advance.
Representative Brown presented House Bill 1485 to the Senate Revenue and Tax Committee and described it as a measure to allow nonprofit organizations that support Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs facilities—such as veterans homes and veterans cemeteries—to receive a sales-tax benefit for small expenditures.
Brown said she was most familiar with a foundation for the North Little Rock Veterans Cemetery and described small annual sales-tax payments (she said “Last year, our total sales tax expenditure was $3,000”). She said contributions had fallen since COVID and that the proposed change would help foundations that support Veterans Affairs facilities. Senator Petty asked whether the $3,000 figure represented sales tax payments or purchases; Brown responded that it was sales tax payments and that she had learned that from the foundation treasurer.
After discussion, the chair asked for a motion. The transcript records the chair saying “Sorry. You failed for a lack of a motion,” and Representative Brown thanking the committee. The bill did not receive a committee vote and did not advance. No fiscal note or bill text appears in the hearing transcript.
