SB 9 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

TO CREATE THE MAKE ARKANSAS HEALTHY AGAIN ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT MANUFACTURING, SELLING, DELIVERING, DISTRIBUTING, HOLDING, OR OFFERING FOR SALE A FOOD PRODUCT THAT CONTAINS CERTAIN SUBSTANCES.

Senate Bill 9, known as the "Make Arkansas Healthy Again Act," prohibits the manufacturing, selling, delivering, distributing, holding, or offering for sale of food products that contain certain unspecified substances within Arkansas. This legislation directly affects food manufacturers, distributors, and retailers operating in the state. An amendment to the bill changed the effective date of these prohibitions from January 1, 2027, to January 1, 2028. (The specific "certain substances" are not detailed in the provided text.)

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Dec 13, 2024 Signed Apr 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 622 → SB 9 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from Act 622 to SB 9, removing the approval date and signature line while updating the header to reflect the 95th General Assembly and Regular Session of 2025. No substantive policy changes, scope modifications, or new provisions were identified in this diff.

TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date (4/16/25) and signature line from the bill text.

Added blank lines and updated header information to reflect the 95th General Assembly and Regular Session of 2025.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 18, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that SB9 is now Act 622

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned from the House as passed.

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned to the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1

upper

Dec 13, 2024

Introduced

Filed

upper

2 primary · 2 co-sponsors