Key Votes
HB 1004 - Natural Gas Tax - Key Vote
Arkansas Key Votes
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Stages
- April 2, 2008 Senate Bill Passed
- April 2, 2008 Executive Signed
- April 1, 2008 House Bill Passed
- March 31, 2008 Introduced
Family
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (32-1) - April 2, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Natural Gas Tax
Vote to pass a bill that increases the severance tax on four categories of natural gas and allocates the tax revenue to state highway improvements.
- - 1.5 percent for "new discovery" and "high-cost gas"
- 1.25 percent for "marginal gas"
- 5 percent for all other types of natural gas
NOTE: TAX INCREASES MUST BE APPROVED BY VOTERS. IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, THE LEGISLATURE MAY INCREASE TAXES BY A 3/4 MAJORITY IN BOTH CHAMBERS.
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - April 2, 2008
Title: Natural Gas Tax
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (81-16) - April 1, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Natural Gas Tax
Vote to pass a bill that increases the severance tax on four categories of natural gas and allocates the tax revenue to state highway improvements.
- - 1.5 percent for "new discovery" and "high-cost gas"
- 1.25 percent for "marginal gas"
- 5 percent for all other types of natural gas
NOTE: TAX INCREASES MUST BE APPROVED BY VOTERS. IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, THE LEGISLATURE MAY INCREASE TAXES BY A 3/4 MAJORITY IN BOTH CHAMBERS.
Legislation - Introduced (House) (81-16) - March 31, 2008
Title: Natural Gas Tax
Sponsors
- Scott Sullivan (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Bill Abernathy (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Pam Adcock (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Nancy Duffy Blount (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Toni C. Bradford (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jerry Brown (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joan Cash (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Linda Pondexter Chesterfield (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eddie Cooper (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lamont B. Cornwell (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Larry Cowling (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Monty Davenport (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Nathan V. George (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Horace A. Hardwick (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
- Willie R. Hardy (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steve Harrelson (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jim W. House (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Johnny Hoyt (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Neal Jeffrey (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Janet Johnson (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- David Edward Johnson (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ray Kidd (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Wilhelmina E. Lewellen (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Larry D. 'Buddy' Lovell (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bruce Maloch (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Allen Maxwell (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Smith Moore Jr. (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- George Overbey Jr. (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mike Patterson (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Benny C. Petrus (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Betty Pickett (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- David 'Bubba' Powers (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert 'Gregg' Reep (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Johnnie J. Roebuck (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bill Sample (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
- R.D. 'Rick' Saunders (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gene 'Doc' Shelby (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lindsley Smith (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Randy W. Stewart (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Charolette Wagner (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robbie Wills (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- David Wayne Wyatt (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
