---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"BEER\" TO CHANGE THE ALLOWABLE ALCOHOLIC CONTENT AND TO INCLUDE MALT BEVERAGES."
description: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"BEER\" TO CHANGE THE ALLOWABLE ALCOHOLIC CONTENT AND TO INCLUDE MALT BEVERAGES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 564"
citation: "Arkansas SB 564 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flippo", "M. Brown"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-26T17:08:55+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:36:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b24abda-8abc-47eb-831c-40693158c77f"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a17e372025a76bb9d7e6ab3964ff1e0cd85328b88d604eeebe00e18e83542882"
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 564 (2025) — TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "BEER" TO CHANGE THE ALLOWABLE ALCOHOLIC CONTENT AND TO INCLUDE MALT BEVERAGES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 596** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=596.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 564** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB564.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Flippo — primary (person)
- M. Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-26T17:08:55+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-31T19:03:03+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T19:06:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02T22:06:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T22:07:06+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-02T23:32:49+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-03T00:48:38+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`
- **2025-04-03T18:33:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08T02:29:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T14:29:16+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:19:07+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:19:11+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T14:13:39+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-09T14:13:42+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-14T22:36:42+00:00** Notification that SB564 is now Act 596 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b24abda-8abc-47eb-831c-40693158c77f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).