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Senate committee clears a string of tax and finance bills including 529 rollover, ABLE updates and lease-tax changes

3090829 · April 10, 2025
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Summary

The Senate Revenue & Tax Committee advanced a set of bills covering 529-to-Roth rollovers, ABLE accounts, teacher deductions, aircraft sales/use tax clarifications, motor-vehicle lease tax caps and procedural rulemaking for complex assessments; all measures passed on voice votes.

The Senate Revenue & Tax Committee voted to advance several bills addressing tax administration, education savings accounts and other financial matters. Committee members moved through a supplemental slate of measures; all were approved on voice votes with individual sponsors answering brief questions.

Key measures the committee passed included:

- House Bill 1085 (Representative Carolyn Brown): Conforms Arkansas' 529 plan rules (the Arkansas Brighter Future Plan) with recent federal guidance so account owners may roll unused 529 funds into a Roth IRA for a named beneficiary, subject to annual limits and a lifetime rollover cap of $35,000. Representative Brown…

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