---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPEAL THE LAW REQUIRING THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO SUBMIT A REPORT CONCERNING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES."
description: "TO REPEAL THE LAW REQUIRING THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO SUBMIT A REPORT CONCERNING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 389"
citation: "Arkansas SB 389 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cavenaugh", "Crowell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-05T17:07:31+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T18:17:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97d92ba0-a599-4662-8c7e-87c6216f64f6"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "31a6754b68e35d428715b9bd023a2f276e5190f8f6fdabf4d1eebc7f1c3a1c48"
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 389 (2025) — TO REPEAL THE LAW REQUIRING THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO SUBMIT A REPORT CONCERNING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 471** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=471.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 389** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB389.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cavenaugh — primary (person)
- Crowell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-05T17:07:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-05T20:12:29+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T20:23:15+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on calendar.
- **2025-03-05T20:23:24+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T18:57:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13T20:19:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T20:19:22+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-13T22:04:50+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-13T22:31:47+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T18:00:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01T21:16:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T21:16:15+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-01T23:25:04+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-01T23:25:10+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-02T13:31:48+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-02T13:31:50+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T18:17:00+00:00** Notification that SB389 is now Act 471 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97d92ba0-a599-4662-8c7e-87c6216f64f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).