---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE FOOD FREEDOM ACT; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PRODUCERS OF HOMEMADE FOOD OR DRINK PRODUCTS FROM LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, AND INSPECTION."
description: "TO CREATE THE FOOD FREEDOM ACT; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PRODUCERS OF HOMEMADE FOOD OR DRINK PRODUCTS FROM LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, AND INSPECTION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 248"
citation: "Arkansas SB 248 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Payton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-01T18:50:03+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:21:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24d71102-3f50-4d01-a5ca-c65a9af68ce3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2d5eb345e09413a5f7d5390a1a99e3ffb38087d654c9debe403339d2cb775163"
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 248 (2021) — TO CREATE THE FOOD FREEDOM ACT; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PRODUCERS OF HOMEMADE FOOD OR DRINK PRODUCTS FROM LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, AND INSPECTION.

## 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%2FSB248-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB248-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB248-S2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB248-S3.pdf)
5. **SB 248** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB248.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **23–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Payton — primary (person)
- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01T18:50:03+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-01T19:19:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T14:43:48+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-02-08T14:43:50+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-08T19:46:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-08T19:46:44+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T14:29:29+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2021-03-03T14:29:55+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-03T19:13:08+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-03T19:13:31+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:54:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T18:25:35+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-14T18:25:47+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-14T20:41:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-15T19:06:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T19:06:38+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-15T22:21:08+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-15T22:44:46+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T00:50:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T13:39:42+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-21T13:39:45+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21T16:03:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-21T21:19:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T21:20:13+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-22T02:53:02+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed, as amended. Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-22T02:53:19+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23T02:44:01+00:00** Returned by the committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass, Concur in House, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-26T18:41:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-26T18:41:49+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-26T18:42:13+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-26T18:42:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T18:42:34+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T13:30:59+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T13:31:03+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:21:01+00:00** Notification that SB248 is now Act 1040 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24d71102-3f50-4d01-a5ca-c65a9af68ce3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).