---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO SET THE MINIMUM CONTAINER SIZE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR TO BE SOLD FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION."
description: "TO SET THE MINIMUM CONTAINER SIZE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR TO BE SOLD FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1344"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1344 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. McKenzie", "C. Penzo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-02T17:11:36+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-17T17:38:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ff133f4-7de1-4628-a55b-337aecde2328"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6f0addb5b64d444a524d8533e68b79fa2c4f79a87f79da237c1e61e85ad432cb"
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 1344 (2023) — TO SET THE MINIMUM CONTAINER SIZE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR TO BE SOLD FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 95** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=95.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1344** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1344.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **75–7** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **24–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. McKenzie — primary (person)
- C. Penzo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02T17:11:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-02T21:44:03+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`
- **2023-02-08T19:30:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T20:11:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T21:42:44+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-09T21:42:52+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T19:18:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15T20:44:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T20:44:50+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-15T21:52:35+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-15T21:52:38+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-16T15:09:00+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-17T17:38:45+00:00** Notification that HB1344 is now Act 95 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ff133f4-7de1-4628-a55b-337aecde2328`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).