Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas House Bill HB1699 Compare Versions

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3	3	State of Arkansas 1
4	4	95th General Assembly A Bill 2
5	5	Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1699 3
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7	7	By: Representatives McCullough, Vaught 5
8	8	By: Senator C. Tucker 6
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10	10	For An Act To Be Entitled 8
11	11	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SALES TAX HOLIDAY; TO ADD FIREARM 9
12	12	SAFETY DEVICES AND FIREARM STORAGE DEVICES TO THE 10
13	13	SALES TAX HOLIDAY; TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR 11
14	14	OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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18	18	TO ADD FIREARM SAFETY DEVICES AND 16
19	19	FIREARM STORAGE DEVICES TO THE SALES TAX 17
20	20	HOLIDAY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. 18
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22	22	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 20
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24	24	SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 26 -52-444(a), concerning the definitions 22
25	25	used in relation to the sales tax holiday, is amended to add additional 23
26	26	subdivisions to read as follows: 24
27	27	(7)(A) "Firearm safety device" means a device to be equipped or 25
28	28	installed on a firearm designed to prevent unauthorized access to the firearm 26
29	29	or to prevent it from being operated without first deactivating the device. 27
30	30	(B) "Firearm safety device" does not include a firearm 28
31	31	sold with a firearm safety device already installed on the firearm; and 29
32	32	(8) "Firearm storage device" means a container or enclosure 30
33	33	designed for the principal purpose of safely storing a firearm and secured by 31
34	34	a combination lock, key lock, or lock based on biometric information which 32
35	35	once locked is incapable of being opened without the combination, key, or 33
36	36	biometric information respectively. 34
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38	38	SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 26 -52-444(b), concerning the items subject 36 HB1699
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41	41	to the sales tax holiday, is amended to add additional subdivisions to read 1
42	42	as follows: 2
43	43	(7) Firearm safety device; and 3
44	44	(8) Firearm storage device. 4
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46	46	SECTION 3. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 6
47	47	General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the sales tax holiday occurs 7
48	48	the first weekend of August each year; that the Department of Finance and 8
49	49	Administration must provide sellers at least sixty -days' notice of any 9
50	50	changes to the sales tax holiday, which means the department must notify 10
51	51	sellers by June 1, 2025, of the addition of firearm safety devices and 11
52	52	firearm storage devices to the sales tax holiday; and that this act is 12
53	53	immediately necessary because there is a mental health crisis in the state, 13
54	54	and this act will help prevent tragic deaths in the state by incentivizing 14
55	55	the purchase of firearm safety devices and firearm storage devices during the 15
56	56	sales tax holiday. Therefore, an emergency is declared to exist, and this act 16
57	57	being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, 17
58	58	and safety shall become effective on: 18
59	59	(1) The date of its approval by the Governor; 19
60	60	(2) If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, 20
61	61	the expiration of the period of time during which the Governor may veto the 21
62	62	bill; or 22
63	63	(3) If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the veto is 23
64	64	overridden, the date the last house overrides the veto. 24
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