---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROHIBIT INDUSTRIAL HEMP THAT CONTAIN CERTAIN DELTA TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL SUBSTANCES; TO INCLUDE CERTAIN TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL IN THE LIST OF SCHEDULE VI CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO PROHIBIT INDUSTRIAL HEMP THAT CONTAIN CERTAIN DELTA TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL SUBSTANCES; TO INCLUDE CERTAIN TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL IN THE LIST OF SCHEDULE VI CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 358"
citation: "Arkansas SB 358 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dees", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-03T22:09:49+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:42:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdc78516-6b83-43aa-92a1-39bda794979c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a7522ea5bc981d1e8e12b5cf6a9024ab549226604c318d9a1153390f370c43cb"
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 SB 358 (2023) — TO PROHIBIT INDUSTRIAL HEMP THAT CONTAIN CERTAIN DELTA TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL SUBSTANCES; TO INCLUDE CERTAIN TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL IN THE LIST OF SCHEDULE VI CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 629** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=629.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB358-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB358-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB358-S1.pdf)
5. **SB 358** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB358.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **82–4** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **85–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dees — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- C. Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03T22:09:49+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-06T19:29:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T18:42:46+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-13T18:42:56+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-13T18:42:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-13T18:43:06+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-13T20:59:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-13T20:59:46+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T18:30:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15T19:45:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T19:45:08+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-15T19:45:18+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-15T21:42:34+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-15T23:03:16+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`
- **2023-03-30T19:37:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T13:45:32+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-03T13:45:33+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:19:44+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-05T19:28:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:28:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:28:32+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-05T21:16:32+00:00** Returned To the House as requested.
- **2023-04-05T21:25:17+00:00** Returned From the Senate as requested.
- **2023-04-05T21:35:02+00:00** The vote by which SB358 Passed was expunged.
- **2023-04-05T21:35:11+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T22:44:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T00:05:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-06T00:06:08+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-06T00:46:54+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-06T21:23:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T21:23:52+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-06T21:24:30+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2023-04-06T23:01:26+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2023-04-06T23:01:37+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T23:59:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 & 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07T14:30:57+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-07T14:31:08+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 & 2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-04-07T14:31:16+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-07T14:31:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T14:31:29+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-07T14:31:36+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:07:20+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:07:22+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:42:21+00:00** Notification that SB358 is now Act 629 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdc78516-6b83-43aa-92a1-39bda794979c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).