Arkansas General Assembly· HB 1676Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.

An act TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING GARNISHMENT 10 AGAINST THE STATE OR A SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE, the official text

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1 State of Arkansas          A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                           HOUSE BILL 1676

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5 By: Representative Womack

6 By: Senator Crowell

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8                            For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING GARNISHMENT

10  AGAINST THE STATE OR A SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE; TO

11  ALLOW FOR INCOME TAX REFUNDS TO BE SUBJECT TO

12  GARNISHMENT BY JUDGMENT CREDITORS; AND FOR OTHER

13  PURPOSES.

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16                           Subtitle

17                       TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING GARNISHMENT

18                       AGAINST THE STATE OR A SUBDIVISION OF

19                       THE STATE; AND TO ALLOW FOR INCOME TAX

20                       REFUNDS TO BE SUBJECT TO GARNISHMENT BY

21                       JUDGMENT CREDITORS.

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23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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25  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 16-110-413(a), concerning garnishment

26 against the state or a subdivision of the state after judgment, is amended to

27 read as follows:

28  (a)(1) Any indebtedness, goods and chattels, moneys, credits, or

29 effects, except for refunds for overpayment of Arkansas state income tax

30 belonging to a defendant in a civil action and in the hands or possession of

31 the State of Arkansas, or any subdivision thereof of the state, institution,

32 department, or special district or instrumentality of the State of Arkansas,

33 shall be subject to garnishment as is now provided by law.

34  (2) Nothing in subdivision Subdivision (a)(1) of this section

35 shall be construed in any way to does not eliminate or limit the provisions

36 of � 26-36-301 et seq. concerning the set-off of debt owed to a state

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