Key Votes
SB 1 - Natural Gas Tax - Key Vote
Arkansas Key Votes
Stages
- April 3, 2008 Executive Signed
- April 2, 2008 House Bill Passed
- April 1, 2008 Senate Bill Passed
- March 31, 2008 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - April 3, 2008
Title: Natural Gas Tax
Signed by Governor Mike Beebe
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (82-17) - April 2, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Natural Gas Tax
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that increases the severance tax on four categories of natural gas and allocates the tax revenue for state highway improvements.
Highlights:
- Sets the severance tax on the market value of natural gas at (sec. 7):
- - 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:
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 - Bill Passed (Senate) (32-3) - April 1, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Natural Gas Tax
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that increases the severance tax on four categories of natural gas and allocates the tax revenue for state highway improvements.
Highlights:
- Sets the severance tax on the market value of natural gas at (sec. 7):
- - 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:
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 (Senate) - March 31, 2008
Title: Natural Gas Tax
Sponsors
- Mary Anne Salmon (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- David A. 'Dave' Bisbee (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
- Paul Bookout (AR - D)
- Shane Broadway (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Irma Hunter Brown (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steve Bryles (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Paul Capps (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jack Crumbly (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bobby L. Glover (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jim B. Hill (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara B. Horn (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jimmy L. Jeffress (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Harmon 'Gene' Jeffress (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Randy Laverty (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- James Charles 'Jim' Luker (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sue Wood Madison (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- W. Percy Malone (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Paul G. Miller (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- William 'Terry' Smith (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Tracy Steele (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jerry Taylor (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert F. Thompson III (AR - D)
- Sharon Kathleen Trusty (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ruth R. Whitaker (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
