---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE MAKE ARKANSAS HEALTHY AGAIN ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT MANUFACTURING, SELLING, DELIVERING, DISTRIBUTING, HOLDING, OR OFFERING FOR SALE A FOOD PRODUCT THAT CONTAINS CERTAIN SUBSTANCES."
description: "TO CREATE THE MAKE ARKANSAS HEALTHY AGAIN ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT MANUFACTURING, SELLING, DELIVERING, DISTRIBUTING, HOLDING, OR OFFERING FOR SALE A FOOD PRODUCT THAT CONTAINS CERTAIN SUBSTANCES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Arkansas SB 9 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Pilkington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-13T20:36:44+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T20:44:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98f456e2-1e2a-4ea6-8851-90feb2c69c73"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e71f172ea833944a65e7c29cdf7cf816f0973101aebd3207bcb0a742068a4920"
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 9 (2025) — TO CREATE THE MAKE ARKANSAS HEALTHY AGAIN ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT MANUFACTURING, SELLING, DELIVERING, DISTRIBUTING, HOLDING, OR OFFERING FOR SALE A FOOD PRODUCT THAT CONTAINS CERTAIN SUBSTANCES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 622** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=622.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB9-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB9.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Pilkington — primary (person)
- C. Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-13T20:36:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-13T19:02:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T00:19:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20T19:01:15+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-20T19:01:21+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-20T20:38:57+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-31T19:17:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T19:18:07+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-31T22:37:09+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-01T02:20:04+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T00:19:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10T01:12:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T01:12:24+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:04:31+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:04:36+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:11:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-10T13:11:06+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T20:44:55+00:00** Notification that SB9 is now Act 622 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98f456e2-1e2a-4ea6-8851-90feb2c69c73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).