# HB 1444 / Act 548 of 2025 (data-center tax exemption) — sponsors, votes, history
> *Sponsor, roll-call, and history data for HB 1444 (→ Act 548 of 2025), 95th General Assembly Regular Session. Retrieved 2026-06-04 from the Arkansas General Assembly bill-detail page (the saved `original_file`) and corroborated via the LegiScan bill record.*
## Source metadata
- **Bill / Act**: HB 1444 → Act 548 of 2025; "To Amend the Sales and Use Tax Exemption for Data Centers."
- **Became Act 548**: 2025-04-10
- **Enrolled act text + DFA fiscal note**: see `act-548-of-2025.md` and `hb1444-act-548-dfa-fiscal-note.md`
## Extract
### Sponsors
Rep. **Aaron Pilkington** (R, HD-045) [primary] and Sen. **Jonathan Dismang** (R, SD-018).
### Roll-call votes (official Arkansas General Assembly)
| Date | Chamber | Action | Yea | Nay | NV | Abs | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-10 | House | Third Reading | 71 | 17 | 12 | 0 | passed |
| 2025-03-31 | Senate | Third Reading | 24 | 4 | 6 | 1 | passed |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Concur in Senate amendment #1 | 76 | 9 | 15 | 0 | passed |
Official vote pages (Arkansas General Assembly):
- House 2025-03-10 (71-17): https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Votes?id=HB1444&rcs=478&chamber=House&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R — captured `hb1444-vote-house-2025-03-10-71-17.html` (sha256 fb418c15a3cfb7e48fe12e89263fb947713e23c52ee3d181fb5bfb0e7b481ccd)
- Senate 2025-03-31 (24-4): https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Votes?id=HB1444&rcs=708&chamber=Senate&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R
- House concur 2025-04-07 (76-9): https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Votes?id=HB1444&rcs=959&chamber=House&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R — captured `hb1444-vote-house-concur-2025-04-07-76-9.html` (sha256 3a3f4b7a3c2ba448a639bc1798ab5671ee604884e8701c4f48d921e9408986cb)
## Notes
- **Tier 2** — primary public record (state legislative roll calls + bill history).
- **Why it matters**: Act 548 (the $500M→$100M threshold drop + electricity exemption + new $2B "large data center" tier) passed both chambers comfortably (House 71-17, Senate 24-4) with modest dissent. Sen. Dismang sponsored both Act 548 and [[Generating Arkansas Jobs Act (GAJA) rider|Act 373]].
- Cited by: [[Act 548 (2025)]].