---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PERMIT HOLDERS TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS TO BE CONSUMED OFF-PREMISES OR DELIVERED TO THE CONSUMER AT A LOCATION OFF-PREMISES."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PERMIT HOLDERS TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS TO BE CONSUMED OFF-PREMISES OR DELIVERED TO THE CONSUMER AT A LOCATION OFF-PREMISES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 339"
citation: "Arkansas SB 339 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "Pilkington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-22T18:58:45+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T15:11:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fcf0a66-c3ae-48ae-8d9b-b42b04b93a4f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "01c3927a180fdb7abf88df6d35f7070de465c7b785be2e2822e413b032152d64"
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 339 (2021) — TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PERMIT HOLDERS TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS TO BE CONSUMED OFF-PREMISES OR DELIVERED TO THE CONSUMER AT A LOCATION OFF-PREMISES.

## 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%2FSB339-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB339-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 339** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB339.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and failed. — **13–10** (fail) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **64–11** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **19–11** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **21–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)
- Pilkington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T18:58:45+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T20:50:03+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T15:00:35+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-09T15:00:49+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-09T19:08:22+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-11T19:10:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15T18:33:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T18:33:45+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-15T20:52:51+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-15T22:07:23+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`
- **2021-03-17T18:45:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T18:17:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-18T18:17:47+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18T19:10:19+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-22T18:58:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T18:58:22+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-22T21:59:02+00:00** Returned From the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-03-22T21:59:21+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T18:37:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T18:17:35+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-05T18:17:41+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-05T18:17:52+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-05T18:18:31+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T18:18:35+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which SB339 failed to pass. Motion passed.
- **2021-04-05T18:18:40+00:00** The vote by which SB339 Failed to Pass was expunged.
- **2021-04-08T19:04:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T19:04:59+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-12T14:57:14+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-12T14:57:19+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14T15:11:39+00:00** Notification that SB339 is now Act 703 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fcf0a66-c3ae-48ae-8d9b-b42b04b93a4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).