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Votes at a glance: committee advances several tax‑and‑exemption bills
Summary
The Senate Revenue & Tax Committee passed multiple bills with little debate: a companion bill to earlier legislation, a museum sales‑tax exemption, and clarification of school cafeteria sales‑tax exemptions for contracted vendors.
The Senate Revenue & Tax Committee approved several bills with limited debate and voice votes during the session.
House Bill 16 57 (companion to previously considered legislation): Representative Rick Beck presented this bill as a literal companion to a measure the committee had discussed earlier. Senator Boyd moved to pass the bill and Senator Caldwell seconded; the committee approved the bill by voice vote.
House Bill 15 89 (museum sales‑tax exemption): Senator Hester presented HB 15 89, a short bill to extend a sales‑tax exemption to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts similar to the exemption for Crystal Bridges. Senator Hester said the fiscal impact is roughly $20,000 a year. Senator Dismang moved to give the bill a do‑pass recommendation, Senator Bullard seconded, and the committee approved it by voice vote.
House Bill 18 51 (school cafeteria sales‑tax exemption clarification): Senator Justin Boyd presented HB 18 51, which updates a 1941 sales‑tax exemption for K‑12 and college cafeterias to clarify that contracting cafeteria services to for‑profit vendors does not void the exemption. DFA staff (Ali Shawson Smith) and Shane Broadway (ASU System) joined the presentation; the committee’s green sheet listed no fiscal impact. The committee adopted a motion to give the bill a do‑pass recommendation and approved it by voice vote.
All three measures advanced out of committee on voice votes; formal roll‑call tallies were not recorded in the transcript.
