---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING A MICROBREWERY-RESTAURANT LICENSE; AND TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN MICROBREWERY-RESTAURANT LICENSEES TO SELF-DISTRIBUTE."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING A MICROBREWERY-RESTAURANT LICENSE; AND TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN MICROBREWERY-RESTAURANT LICENSEES TO SELF-DISTRIBUTE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1021"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1021 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Boyd", "Maddox"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-05T17:10:11+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-06T19:41:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcb89cf8-933a-44b9-b3d6-268fca8a4ccf"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9c817226cb96f2ef6901d549ca7bbffd6eb2f4a8394108bf835d19a75a74251f"
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 1021 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING A MICROBREWERY-RESTAURANT LICENSE; AND TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN MICROBREWERY-RESTAURANT LICENSEES TO SELF-DISTRIBUTE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=207.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1021-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1021-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1021.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **65–13** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **22–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- Maddox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05T17:10:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:53:19+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`
- **2023-02-02T14:32:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-02T14:32:21+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-02T16:23:14+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-15T19:18:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T17:55:41+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-16T17:55:44+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16T18:11:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-20T19:44:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-20T21:34:44+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-20T21:34:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T19:20:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01T20:44:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:44:53+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-01T21:20:19+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-01T21:20:22+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-01T21:58:55+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-06T19:41:28+00:00** Notification that HB1021 is now Act 207 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcb89cf8-933a-44b9-b3d6-268fca8a4ccf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).