---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DIRECT SHIPMENT OF VINOUS LIQUOR ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH A WINE DIRECT SHIPPER LICENSE."
description: "TO AMEND THE DIRECT SHIPMENT OF VINOUS LIQUOR ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH A WINE DIRECT SHIPPER LICENSE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1476"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1476 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. McKenzie", "Hester"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-13T18:03:54+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:48:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2d2fafc-c008-496b-8a50-523ada5e8b00"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3577fe5825149912b49818b1c1f8e3957cfe078a535c9006ff446e4ffa849ea4"
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 HB 1476 (2025) — TO AMEND THE DIRECT SHIPMENT OF VINOUS LIQUOR ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH A WINE DIRECT SHIPPER LICENSE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 675** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=675.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1476-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1476-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1476** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1476.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. McKenzie — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13T18:03:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-13T23:00:09+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`
- **2025-03-10T13:37:58+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-10T13:38:14+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-10T17:46:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-20T22:13:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T13:39:09+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-31T13:39:13+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-31T19:10:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-01T20:05:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T00:20:01+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-02T00:20:08+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T18:34:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T22:59:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T22:59:58+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:33:11+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:33:14+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T16:13:57+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:48:35+00:00** Notification that HB1476 is now Act 675 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2d2fafc-c008-496b-8a50-523ada5e8b00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).