---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF THE PRIVATE CLUB PERMITTING PROCESS OF HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, AND LARGE-EVENT FACILITIES; AND TO REMOVE AN OVERLY BURDENSOME TAX REQUIREMENT."
description: "TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF THE PRIVATE CLUB PERMITTING PROCESS OF HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, AND LARGE-EVENT FACILITIES; AND TO REMOVE AN OVERLY BURDENSOME TAX REQUIREMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 345"
citation: "Arkansas SB 345 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dalby", "Irvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-27T19:46:20+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-31T18:38:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2017e0f2-3022-4a96-8031-fcc7243ce85e"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d7bf97ae2a42d578ded27e9779598446ca4a7000ca2a533096723e5b3fee8be4"
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 345 (2025) — TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF THE PRIVATE CLUB PERMITTING PROCESS OF HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, AND LARGE-EVENT FACILITIES; AND TO REMOVE AN OVERLY BURDENSOME TAX REQUIREMENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 421** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=421.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB345-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 345** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB345.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dalby — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27T19:46:20+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-27T20:21:36+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T19:39:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10T19:27:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T19:27:20+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-10T21:05:21+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-10T22:56:19+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`
- **2025-03-12T19:02:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T13:35:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-13T13:35:45+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-13T15:46:54+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-17T19:46:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T19:47:14+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-03-17T21:41:05+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-03-17T21:41:13+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T18:38:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19T19:03:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-19T19:03:14+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-03-19T19:03:23+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-03-19T19:03:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T19:03:38+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-20T13:47:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-20T13:47:49+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31T18:38:45+00:00** Notification that SB345 is now Act 421 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2017e0f2-3022-4a96-8031-fcc7243ce85e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).