---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; TO AUTHORIZE THE THIRD-PARTY DELIVERY OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FROM CERTAIN RETAILERS; AND TO CREATE A THIRD-PARTY DELIVERY PERMIT."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; TO AUTHORIZE THE THIRD-PARTY DELIVERY OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FROM CERTAIN RETAILERS; AND TO CREATE A THIRD-PARTY DELIVERY PERMIT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "Arkansas SB 98 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Maddox"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23T22:47:43+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-25T23:14:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddd1dd70-1d77-4060-800c-4549c4b0c07a"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b3160f7d14ab44b9aa1fdab899f847b71595cf9187eed68a70f59d7005a22cf5"
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 98 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; TO AUTHORIZE THE THIRD-PARTY DELIVERY OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FROM CERTAIN RETAILERS; AND TO CREATE A THIRD-PARTY DELIVERY PERMIT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 157** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=157.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB98-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB98-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 98** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB98.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Maddox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23T22:47:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-23T23:03:08+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T21:17:12+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-01-29T21:17:27+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-01-29T21:17:44+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-01-29T21:55:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-01-29T21:55:53+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30T19:16:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03T20:12:52+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-03T20:13:19+00:00** Motion to expunge the vote; motion carried
- **2025-02-10T14:07:20+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-10T14:07:34+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-10T19:35:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-10T19:35:39+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T19:38:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12T20:00:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T20:01:15+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-12T22:29:02+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-12T23:37:40+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`
- **2025-02-19T19:52:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-20T17:41:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T17:42:03+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-20T18:45:25+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-02-20T18:45:28+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-20T19:33:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-20T19:33:08+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-25T23:14:14+00:00** Notification that SB98 is now Act 157 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddd1dd70-1d77-4060-800c-4549c4b0c07a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).