---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DIRECT SHIPMENT OF VINOUS LIQUOR ACT; TO INCLUDE AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT PRODUCES MEAD IN THE DEFINITION OF \"SMALL FARM WINERY\"; TO ALLOW MEAD SHIPMENT DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS; AND TO TAX MEAD IN THE SAME MANNER AS WINE."
description: "TO AMEND THE DIRECT SHIPMENT OF VINOUS LIQUOR ACT; TO INCLUDE AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT PRODUCES MEAD IN THE DEFINITION OF \"SMALL FARM WINERY\"; TO ALLOW MEAD SHIPMENT DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS; AND TO TAX MEAD IN THE SAME MANNER AS WINE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1370"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1370 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01T21:58:12+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-04T15:01:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/739bfc18-6e92-4e94-94e0-c6fac00819d0"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "677d4522df2a14f608a1dcd7227610f27f2ed539e3176a2f9a63d2c143ead476"
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 HB 1370 (2021) — TO AMEND THE DIRECT SHIPMENT OF VINOUS LIQUOR ACT; TO INCLUDE AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT PRODUCES MEAD IN THE DEFINITION OF "SMALL FARM WINERY"; TO ALLOW MEAD SHIPMENT DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS; AND TO TAX MEAD IN THE SAME MANNER AS WINE.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 1370** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1370.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **70–6** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **29–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryant — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-01T21:58:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-02T22:11:57+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`
- **2021-02-10T19:04:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22T19:22:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22T22:24:40+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-22T22:24:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T19:22:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01T21:17:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T21:17:05+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-01T22:53:05+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-01T22:53:07+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-02T16:59:17+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-04T15:01:55+00:00** Notification that HB1370 is now Act 271 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/739bfc18-6e92-4e94-94e0-c6fac00819d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).