SB394
To Amend the Law Concerning the Allocation, Distribution, and Use of Revenues Derived from a County Sales and Use Taxes for Capital Improvements.
J. Bryant · 2025 Regular Session · Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND USE OF REVENUES DERIVED FROM A COUNTY SALES AND USE TAXES FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
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16 mentions · 10 meetings · 9 named speakers
April 10, 2025 · Revenue & Tax (Senate)
Matched: “…A DISABILITY OR A PERSON SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. SB394 J. Bryant TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION, DISTR…”
April 10, 2025 · Revenue & Tax (Senate)
Matched: “…A DISABILITY OR A PERSON SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. SB394 J. Bryant TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION, DISTR…”
April 9, 2025 · Revenue & Tax (Senate)
Matched: “…A DISABILITY OR A PERSON SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. SB394 J. Bryant TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION, DISTR…”
April 7, 2025 · Revenue & Tax (Senate)
Matched: “…A DISABILITY OR A PERSON SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. SB394 J. Bryant TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION, DISTR…”
April 2, 2025 · Revenue & Tax (Senate)
· on the agenda
Matched: “…A DISABILITY OR A PERSON SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. SB394 J. Bryant TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION, DISTR…”
Yes. All right. So we're going to be presenting SB 394. And I don't remember if you recognize yourself, so
do it again. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you. Joshua Bryant Senate District 32. All right you're recognized. Thank you Mr. Chair. Thank you committee Senate Bill 394. What
...r. Okay, I'm the mayor of Walnut Ridge and also chair a 10-county mayor's caucus in northeast Arkansas. Six of those counties, if SB 394 is approved, will be immediately impacted and four others of the counties during a recent board meeting
... a meeting of some of the opposition and we sit down and worked it out in both seconds both the county and city got passed my point is sb 394 is not good for the counties of arkansas it's going to cause strife and you're let me let me go to
...u can see from the attendance of many mayors including some from Benton County, SB 394 is a difficult issue between cities and counties. In Benton County I work closely with our mayors. We all work closely together and regardless of the out...
..., the cities do provide water service in the county, too. My concerns regarding Senate Bill 394 are multifaceted. First, it appears no cities were consulted or informed about this bill. I personally learned about it through a Facebook post ...
...it with administrative costs, fire department, police department, parks and recreational, all of the things that we all take care of for our citizens. So if Senate Bill 394 were to become law, my comfort, my personal comfort with the future
...argest cities in Washington County, Springdale and Fayetteville, stand to lose big if SB 394 becomes law. Our two cities derive approximately one-third of our general fund budget from our portion of the one-cent Washington County sales tax.
... the distribution of the per capita formula for the county sales tax that's been in place since 1981 in Washington County. SB394 would change the way that has worked, which has been a fair distribution of county sales tax for over 40 years,
...n closing, this bill sets up a shell game of borrowing from Peter to pay Paul, which creates a race to the bottom between cities and counties. Please vote no on SB 394. I thank you for your time, and I'm happy to take any questions that the
bill SB 394 right now. Senator Bryant. Let's see Yeah
still have discussion also absolutely I'll go through of course made some notes just want to address any concerns that were brought up just maybe alleviate some The first is that with the passage of Senate Bill 394, nothing changes.
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April 2, 2025 · Revenue & Tax (Senate)
· on the agenda
Matched: “…A DISABILITY OR A PERSON SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. SB394 J. Bryant TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION, DISTR…”
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March 31, 2025 · Revenue & Tax (Senate)
Matched: “…Jim Petty RE-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE Number Sponsor Subtitle SB394 J. Bryant TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION, DISTR…”
...going to start so with that the first one on the uh agenda today is going to be sb 394 senator bryan are you here we're just going to go down the list today okay next one is going to be sb-7 penzo senator penzo sb-131 senator bryan again sb...
March 19, 2025 · Revenue & Tax (Senate)
Matched: “…NG CHANGES MADE IN FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAWS AND REGULATIONS. SB394 J. Bryant TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION, DISTR…”
March 13, 2025
· on the agenda
Matched: “SB394 #1 - Motion to Suspend the Rules to withdrawal SB 394 from…”
That he met a president members like to make a motion to remove Senate Bill 394
like to make a motion to suspend the rules, uh, for the purposes of Amendment 3, Senate Bill 394.
...ed the gross copper rich and engrossed. Committee on Gross Bills team was first Senate Bill 394 by Senator Bryant compared the engrossed copy of the ritual and find the same correctly engrossed calendar Committee on grossville team was firs...
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March 12, 2025 · Revenue & Tax (Senate)
Matched: “…58; AND TO EXEMPT GROCERIES FROM STATE SALES AND USE TAXES. SB394 J. Bryant TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ALLOCATION, DISTR…”
Documents (9)
- Agenda — REVENUE & TAX - SENATE, Apr 10, 2025 · April 10, 2025
- Agenda — REVENUE & TAX - SENATE, Apr 10, 2025 · April 10, 2025
- Agenda — REVENUE & TAX - SENATE, Apr 9, 2025 · April 9, 2025
- Agenda — REVENUE & TAX - SENATE, Apr 7, 2025 · April 7, 2025
- Agenda — REVENUE & TAX - SENATE, Apr 2, 2025 · April 2, 2025
- Agenda — REVENUE & TAX - SENATE, Apr 2, 2025 · April 2, 2025
- Agenda — REVENUE & TAX - SENATE, Mar 31, 2025 · March 31, 2025
- Agenda — REVENUE & TAX - SENATE, Mar 19, 2025 · March 19, 2025
- Agenda — REVENUE & TAX - SENATE, Mar 12, 2025 · March 12, 2025
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