---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE INCIDENTAL SALE OF GOAT MILK, SHEEP MILK, AND WHOLE MILK THAT HAS NOT BEEN PASTEURIZED; AND TO CLARIFY THAT THE INCIDENTAL SALE OF RAW MILK IS NOT LIMITED TO A SALE ON THE FARM."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE INCIDENTAL SALE OF GOAT MILK, SHEEP MILK, AND WHOLE MILK THAT HAS NOT BEEN PASTEURIZED; AND TO CLARIFY THAT THE INCIDENTAL SALE OF RAW MILK IS NOT LIMITED TO A SALE ON THE FARM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1048"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1048 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "C. Cooper"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-11-21T16:36:10+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-20T16:28:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b64b2b0d-a4f9-4189-a1fb-c6942249f509"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1d2a1df8044ab0b04ca241b659997bf237ccdb710b204cdfbd28c9dbac364412"
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 1048 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE INCIDENTAL SALE OF GOAT MILK, SHEEP MILK, AND WHOLE MILK THAT HAS NOT BEEN PASTEURIZED; AND TO CLARIFY THAT THE INCIDENTAL SALE OF RAW MILK IS NOT LIMITED TO A SALE ON THE FARM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=125.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1048-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1048** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1048.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- C. Cooper — primary (person)
- A. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- Puryear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-21T16:36:10+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-13T21:06:59+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T19:28:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30T14:28:49+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-01-30T14:28:51+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-30T17:04:54+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-03T19:58:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-03T21:42:58+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-03T21:43:08+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06T19:33:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17T20:50:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-17T20:51:07+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-02-17T22:06:32+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-17T22:06:35+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-02-18T15:47:41+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-02-20T16:28:53+00:00** Notification that HB1048 is now Act 125 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b64b2b0d-a4f9-4189-a1fb-c6942249f509`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).