---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PERMIT ARKANSAS-BASED CIGAR SHOPS TO SELL CIGARS AT RETAIL ONLINE."
description: "TO PERMIT ARKANSAS-BASED CIGAR SHOPS TO SELL CIGARS AT RETAIL ONLINE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 628"
citation: "Arkansas SB 628 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-05T14:54:33+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T18:02:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42a2d109-12f6-4568-828b-d321bac994a2"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fb407a6149ebb698fc6b0b604dc7ed11295493c567493569729e018e037d85e3"
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 628 (2021) — TO PERMIT ARKANSAS-BASED CIGAR SHOPS TO SELL CIGARS AT RETAIL ONLINE.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 628** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB628.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **86–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-05T14:54:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-05T18:32:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T19:14:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T18:37:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T18:37:59+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-14T21:47:21+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-14T22:13:47+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`
- **2021-04-21T18:30:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-22T19:30:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T19:30:41+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-22T21:03:59+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-22T21:04:05+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-23T21:04:55+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-23T21:04:58+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29T18:02:22+00:00** Notification that SB628 is now Act 940 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42a2d109-12f6-4568-828b-d321bac994a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).