---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"HOME-BREWED BEER\"; AND TO AUTHORIZE A MANUFACTURER OF HOME-BREWED BEER TO REMOVE HOME-BREWED BEER FROM THE MANUFACTURER'S PREMISES FOR PERSONAL OR FAMILY USE."
description: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"HOME-BREWED BEER\"; AND TO AUTHORIZE A MANUFACTURER OF HOME-BREWED BEER TO REMOVE HOME-BREWED BEER FROM THE MANUFACTURER'S PREMISES FOR PERSONAL OR FAMILY USE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1877"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1877 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Ferguson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-19"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c7b864f-f8f3-436d-a0c3-4abbd0380f78"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "846b634627001ecc65c01624b85417815c8eb7ae97dcc2464f79f961242bacde"
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 HB 1877 (2019) — TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "HOME-BREWED BEER"; AND TO AUTHORIZE A MANUFACTURER OF HOME-BREWED BEER TO REMOVE HOME-BREWED BEER FROM THE MANUFACTURER'S PREMISES FOR PERSONAL OR FAMILY USE.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1877** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1877.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **84–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Ferguson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-19** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Received from the House.
- **2019-04-01** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2019-04-05** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2019-04-05** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-04-05** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-04-10** Notification that HB1877 is now Act 861 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c7b864f-f8f3-436d-a0c3-4abbd0380f78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).