---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; TO REPEAL CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO WHOLESALERS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; TO REPEAL CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO WHOLESALERS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1760"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1760 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cavenaugh", "J. English"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-28T20:56:48+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:26:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0e5fb40-3207-445b-a9c7-b3d78fd76bed"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7e6a1e7a0bcf2ca6b4268a386b13527d6684eb0d128d7ac28e1a5540a11e04d8"
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 1760 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; TO REPEAL CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO WHOLESALERS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 839** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=839.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1760-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1760** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1760.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **73–10** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **28–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cavenaugh — primary (person)
- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28T20:56:48+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-28T22:45:05+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`
- **2023-03-30T19:38:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T18:44:16+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-03T18:44:31+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:54:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-04T19:03:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T19:03:17+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-04T21:59:25+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T21:59:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T18:26:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07T16:18:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T16:18:36+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-07T16:18:37+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:01:44+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:01:48+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-10T12:46:58+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:26:18+00:00** Notification that HB1760 is now Act 839 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0e5fb40-3207-445b-a9c7-b3d78fd76bed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).