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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR RESTAURANTS; TO ALLOW RESTAURANTS TO EXPAND OUTDOOR DINING; TO DELAY THE PAYMENT OF RESTAURANT SALES TAXES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+description: "TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR RESTAURANTS; TO ALLOW RESTAURANTS TO EXPAND OUTDOOR DINING; TO DELAY THE PAYMENT OF RESTAURANT SALES TAXES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 479"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 479 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Collins", "C. Tucker"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-04T22:16:26+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-15T17:02:08+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c9b2d52-63d5-4425-bbe4-79afe76dbccf"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "3392f40e9c3a3fe1efdc72719db36e235450fa1e06be7f823771b13c8638b5d6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
+---
+
+# Arkansas SB 479 (2021) — TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR RESTAURANTS; TO ALLOW RESTAURANTS TO EXPAND OUTDOOR DINING; TO DELAY THE PAYMENT OF RESTAURANT SALES TAXES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB479-H1.pdf)
+2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB479-S1.pdf)
+3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB479-S2.pdf)
+4. **SB 479** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB479.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **76–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Collins — primary (person)
+- C. Tucker — primary (person)
+- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-04T22:16:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-03-04T22:52:02+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-22T13:27:24+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
+- **2021-03-22T13:27:31+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-03-22T18:20:47+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-03-22T18:20:58+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-23T18:33:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-29T20:57:32+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-03-29T20:57:49+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-03-29T22:25:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-03-30T18:35:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-30T18:35:32+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2021-03-30T18:35:45+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2021-03-30T19:48:08+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2021-03-30T22:14:38+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-01T18:07:16+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-04-01T18:07:18+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-01T18:45:08+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-07T19:00:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-08T19:43:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-08T19:44:00+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2021-04-08T19:44:14+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2021-04-08T21:49:33+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
+- **2021-04-12T18:26:37+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-04-12T18:26:57+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
+- **2021-04-12T18:27:00+00:00** Rules suspended.
+- **2021-04-12T18:27:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-12T18:27:18+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2021-04-12T18:27:25+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-13T14:46:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2021-04-13T14:46:10+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-15T17:02:08+00:00** Notification that SB479 is now Act 705 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c9b2d52-63d5-4425-bbe4-79afe76dbccf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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