---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO MICROBREWERY-RESTAURANT PRIVATE CLUBS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO MICROBREWERY-RESTAURANT PRIVATE CLUBS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1498"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1498 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "M. Brown"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-23T19:03:28+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T19:31:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18bc7e9d-35b1-4162-94c2-b8a77ffcf5e8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "eff50ec5d3fd0a11ea6011acb27c82abbfc4d306702927a5213e6fc6af1ffaf0"
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 1498 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO MICROBREWERY-RESTAURANT PRIVATE CLUBS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 334** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=334.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1498-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1498** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1498.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **60–11** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **28–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- M. Brown — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Magie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23T19:03:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-23T21:51:26+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`
- **2023-03-07T14:32:41+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-07T14:32:43+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07T16:11:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-08T18:31:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T17:56:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T20:01:25+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-09T20:01:33+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T18:27:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15T20:23:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T20:23:36+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-15T21:39:38+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-15T21:39:40+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-16T13:44:45+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-21T19:31:47+00:00** Notification that HB1498 is now Act 334 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18bc7e9d-35b1-4162-94c2-b8a77ffcf5e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).