---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE CERTAIN TESTING OF PROCESSED MARIJUANA PRODUCTS SOLD AS MEDICAL MARIJUANA."
description: "TO REQUIRE CERTAIN TESTING OF PROCESSED MARIJUANA PRODUCTS SOLD AS MEDICAL MARIJUANA."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 305"
citation: "Arkansas SB 305 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Pilkington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T20:55:54+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-09T18:11:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9ec8ee5-9d1f-4bb9-b7fb-7be3524fc9a7"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a3ee5d70e303600fed0d6226b242d2038c080608504170b428e792922e334524"
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 305 (2025) — TO REQUIRE CERTAIN TESTING OF PROCESSED MARIJUANA PRODUCTS SOLD AS MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 491** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=491.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB305-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 305** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB305.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Pilkington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T20:55:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-25T21:49:19+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T18:42:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12T19:03:33+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-12T19:03:40+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-12T21:25:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-13T19:38:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T19:38:45+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-13T22:02:48+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-13T22:27:34+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`
- **2025-04-01T18:35:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T20:43:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T20:43:52+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-03T00:53:56+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-03T00:54:01+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-03T14:17:50+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-03T14:17:56+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-09T18:11:53+00:00** Notification that SB305 is now Act 491 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9ec8ee5-9d1f-4bb9-b7fb-7be3524fc9a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).