SB 389 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

TO REPEAL THE LAW REQUIRING THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO SUBMIT A REPORT CONCERNING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

SB 389 repeals a requirement for Arkansas' Department of Finance to submit biennial reports on alcohol production, consumption, and tax collections. The bill removes the specific duty to track and report statistics about wine, spirits, malt liquor sales, tax revenue, and annual consumption trends. This change only affects the Department of Finance, ending a reporting obligation under Arkansas law.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Signed Apr 7, 2025

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Act 471 → SB 389 · 1 edit

MINOR

This bill removes the requirement for the Arkansas Secretary of Finance and Administration to submit a biennial report on alcoholic beverage activities to the Governor and General Assembly. The change eliminates the need to report statistics on liquor manufacturing, consumption trends, tax collections, and other related information.

Scope change

The bill's scope is reduced by removing the reporting requirement that previously applied to the Secretary of Finance and Administration regarding alcoholic beverage statistics and activities.

REQUIREMENT

Eliminated the biennial reporting requirement for the Secretary of Finance and Administration to submit statistics and information about alcoholic beverage manufacturing, consumption, and tax collections to state leadership.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Apr 7, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that SB389 is now Act 471

upper

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned from the House as passed.

upper

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned to the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

upper

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE

upper

Mar 5, 2025

Introduced

Filed

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors