---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ARKANSAS DISTILLERIES; TO AUTHORIZE SELF-DISTRIBUTION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ARKANSAS DISTILLERIES; TO AUTHORIZE SELF-DISTRIBUTION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1763"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1763 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christiansen", "L. Eads"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-16T20:48:27+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T18:29:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8518c979-c249-48d4-be27-4e0684104621"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "edc40a7984445149a8125fb78264e6134a264dd588a4fc89fff344efc6ba8b5d"
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 1763 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ARKANSAS DISTILLERIES; TO AUTHORIZE SELF-DISTRIBUTION; 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%2FHB1763-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1763-H2.pdf)
3. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1763-H3.pdf)
4. **HB 1763** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1763.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **18–8** (pass) · upper
- Roll Call on the Emergency Clause. Emergency Clause was adopted. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **70–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christiansen — primary (person)
- L. Eads — primary (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- D. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- Tollett — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16T20:48:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T21:50:43+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`
- **2021-03-22T13:37:17+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-22T13:37:19+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-22T15:31:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-29T13:56:51+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-29T13:56:53+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-29T18:01:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-31T18:24:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 3 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01T13:35:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-01T13:36:22+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01T17:02:22+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-05T18:59:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T18:59:55+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-05T21:54:22+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-05T21:54:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T18:24:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12T20:08:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T20:10:22+00:00** Emergency Clause failed of adoption.
- **2021-04-12T20:35:57+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which the Emergency Clause failed to pass. Motion passed.
- **2021-04-12T20:37:20+00:00** Roll Call on the Emergency Clause. Emergency Clause was adopted.
- **2021-04-12T20:38:44+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-12T21:46:47+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-12T21:46:48+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-13T13:44:22+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-14T18:29:10+00:00** Notification that HB1763 is now Act 706 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8518c979-c249-48d4-be27-4e0684104621`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).