---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AND TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PRIVATE CLUB BE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AND TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PRIVATE CLUB BE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 523"
citation: "Arkansas SB 523 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dalby", "Irvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-19T20:25:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:21:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61763af8-4ec7-428a-b6c6-fa5da2a93978"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d591255bb415bdce4459237e3f3e0cf9097e5c87674a9a6de47986c30c9ab72d"
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 523 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AND TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PRIVATE CLUB BE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 762** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=762.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB523-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 523** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB523.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dalby — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-19T20:25:00+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-20T00:24:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T19:05:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02T20:48:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T20:48:45+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-02T23:31:22+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-03T00:46:47+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`
- **2025-04-03T18:33:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07T13:37:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T13:37:52+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-07T16:23:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-08T21:25:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T21:25:36+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-09T03:22:27+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-09T03:22:40+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T18:15:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T16:26:37+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-14T16:26:45+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-14T16:26:51+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-14T16:27:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T16:27:12+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:13:37+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-15T14:13:42+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:21:01+00:00** Notification that SB523 is now Act 762 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61763af8-4ec7-428a-b6c6-fa5da2a93978`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).