---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS MILK STABILIZATION BOARD ACT; TO AMEND POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS MILK STABILIZATION BOARD; AND TO SET THE PRICE TO BE PAID FOR MILK PRODUCED AND SOLD IN ARKANSAS."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS MILK STABILIZATION BOARD ACT; TO AMEND POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS MILK STABILIZATION BOARD; AND TO SET THE PRICE TO BE PAID FOR MILK PRODUCED AND SOLD IN ARKANSAS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1729"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1729 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "G. Stubblefield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-15T16:37:17+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T17:22:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb775d87-a945-4560-b217-5992eddb69bc"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d29cc727a1382c4a11adb65389e0b9074025bfa8065c02a9eb4f09d70c47a735"
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 1729 (2021) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS MILK STABILIZATION BOARD ACT; TO AMEND POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS MILK STABILIZATION BOARD; AND TO SET THE PRICE TO BE PAID FOR MILK PRODUCED AND SOLD IN ARKANSAS.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1729** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1729.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-15T16:37:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-15T22:02:02+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`
- **2021-03-17T18:14:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T18:58:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T22:31:47+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-18T22:31:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T18:25:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30T19:24:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30T19:25:06+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-30T19:51:57+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-30T19:51:59+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-31T13:18:27+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-01T17:22:52+00:00** Notification that HB1729 is now Act 521 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb775d87-a945-4560-b217-5992eddb69bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).