TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SMALL BREWERY ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE OPERATION OF THREE SMALL BREWERY TAPROOMS BY A HOLDER OF A SMALL BREWERY LICENSE.
SB 365 amends Arkansas law to allow small breweries with a valid license to operate up to three taprooms, increasing the previous limit of two. This directly affects Arkansas small breweries holding a small brewery license, enabling them to expand their retail locations. The bill modifies Arkansas Code § 3-5-1405(a)(8) to replace the "two (2)" taproom limit with "three (3)." The law was enacted as Act 488 on April 9, 2025.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Mar 4, 2025
Signed Apr 9, 2025
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MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from 'Act 488' to 'SB 365' with minor formatting adjustments. The primary change is the removal of an approval date line that previously appeared in Act 488, while the bill itself was renumbered and restructured for the 95th General Assembly Regular Session of 2025.
TECHNICAL
Removed the approval date line 'APPROVED: 4/8/25' that was present in the previous Act 488 version.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Apr 9, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB365 is now Act 488
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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