---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUCTION; TO REPEAL THE ARKANSAS INDUSTRIAL HEMP ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUCTION ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUCTION; TO REPEAL THE ARKANSAS INDUSTRIAL HEMP ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUCTION ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1640"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1640 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hillman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-04T16:53:12+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T18:09:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df36ff55-9528-4f91-b7ef-77242a94e3f7"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0625f4491d38e25b7c19b2185df2e3a0c6c3c29a3116c1c1ac95f9f0f8e8d254"
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 1640 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUCTION; TO REPEAL THE ARKANSAS INDUSTRIAL HEMP ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUCTION ACT.

## 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%2FHB1640-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1640** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1640.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hillman — primary (person)
- F. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04T16:53:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-04T22:57:35+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T18:15:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T13:33:41+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-18T13:33:45+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18T15:44:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-22T18:27:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T22:17:17+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-22T22:17:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T18:08:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T20:33:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T20:33:28+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:46:30+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:46:33+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-01T13:48:10+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-05T18:09:23+00:00** Notification that HB1640 is now Act 565 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df36ff55-9528-4f91-b7ef-77242a94e3f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).