Governor Sanders Calls a Special Session of the General Assembly

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME - GREETINGS:

PROCLAMATION TO CALL A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON May 4, 2026, AT 3:00 P.M.

WHEREAS: An extraordinary occasion has arisen making it necessary to convene the 95th General Assembly into extraordinary session;

WHEREAS: With the state's financial stability, increased economic growth, healthy reserve accounts, and conservative spending policies, additional tax reductions can be enacted to provide further tax relief during this period; and

WHEREAS: In the past three years, my administration has worked with the legislature to lower income taxes three separate times and return $1.5 billion to the people of Arkansas.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, acting under the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Arkansas, and pursuant to Article 6, Section 19 of the Arkansas Constitution, do hereby call an Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly to convene in Little Rock on May 4, 2026, at 3:00 p.m., and further specify that the General Assembly is convened in such Session to consider, and, if so advised, enact laws for the following purposes:

(1) To amend the individual income tax brackets and rates to a top tax rate of 3.7%, effective January 1, 2026, and following tax years; to amend the income tax brackets and rates for domestic and foreign corporations to a top tax rate of 4.1%, effective January 1, 2027, and following tax years; and

(2) To provide for payment of expenses and per diem of the House of Representatives and the Senate for this Extraordinary Session.

This call is subject to amendment prior to the date and time at which the General Assembly shall convene.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and cause the Great Seal of the State of Arkansas to be affixed this 30th day of April, in the year of our Lord 2026.

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