---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO EXTEND THE SUNSET DATE FOR THE ARKANSAS MEDICAL MARIJUANA SPECIAL PRIVILEGE TAX ACT OF 2017; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO EXTEND THE SUNSET DATE FOR THE ARKANSAS MEDICAL MARIJUANA SPECIAL PRIVILEGE TAX ACT OF 2017; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 465"
citation: "Arkansas SB 465 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Jett"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03T21:40:25+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T18:11:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e447c56-2480-4b2e-8e56-cb01975a4d16"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0733545e5b45e96464f6c261cf08bbf0f7f18b370094f16d25dc391b53b3daa3"
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 465 (2021) — TO EXTEND THE SUNSET DATE FOR THE ARKANSAS MEDICAL MARIJUANA SPECIAL PRIVILEGE TAX ACT OF 2017; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 465** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB465.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **76–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- Jett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03T21:40:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-03T22:25:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T19:46:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11T20:09:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T20:10:10+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-11T20:10:12+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-11T23:25:27+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-11T23:41:19+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`
- **2021-03-17T18:44:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T19:58:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T19:58:11+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-18T19:58:18+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-18T22:09:00+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-18T22:10:38+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-22T17:44:38+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-22T17:44:44+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T18:11:00+00:00** Notification that SB465 is now Act 434 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e447c56-2480-4b2e-8e56-cb01975a4d16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).