---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR RESTAURANTS; TO ALLOW RESTAURANTS TO EXPAND OUTDOOR DINING; TO DELAY THE PAYMENT OF RESTAURANT SALES TAXES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR RESTAURANTS; TO ALLOW RESTAURANTS TO EXPAND OUTDOOR DINING; TO DELAY THE PAYMENT OF RESTAURANT SALES TAXES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 479"
citation: "Arkansas SB 479 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Collins", "C. Tucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-04T22:16:26+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-15T17:02:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c9b2d52-63d5-4425-bbe4-79afe76dbccf"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3392f40e9c3a3fe1efdc72719db36e235450fa1e06be7f823771b13c8638b5d6"
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 479 (2021) — TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR RESTAURANTS; TO ALLOW RESTAURANTS TO EXPAND OUTDOOR DINING; TO DELAY THE PAYMENT OF RESTAURANT SALES TAXES; 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%2FSB479-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB479-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB479-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 479** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB479.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **76–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Collins — primary (person)
- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04T22:16:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-04T22:52:02+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T13:27:24+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-22T13:27:31+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-22T18:20:47+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-22T18:20:58+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T18:33:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29T20:57:32+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-29T20:57:49+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-29T22:25:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-30T18:35:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30T18:35:32+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-30T18:35:45+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-30T19:48:08+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-30T22:14:38+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`
- **2021-04-01T18:07:16+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-01T18:07:18+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01T18:45:08+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-07T19:00:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08T19:43:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T19:44:00+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-08T19:44:14+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-08T21:49:33+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-12T18:26:37+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-12T18:26:57+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-12T18:27:00+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-12T18:27:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T18:27:18+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-12T18:27:25+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-13T14:46:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-13T14:46:10+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-15T17:02:08+00:00** Notification that SB479 is now Act 705 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c9b2d52-63d5-4425-bbe4-79afe76dbccf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).