---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL RETAIL LIQUOR PERMITS TO CERTAIN EXISTING HOLDERS OF RETAIL LIQUOR PERMITS."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL RETAIL LIQUOR PERMITS TO CERTAIN EXISTING HOLDERS OF RETAIL LIQUOR PERMITS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "Arkansas SB 97 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "J. Moore"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23T21:07:41+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-25T23:13:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da3718ab-a740-43ee-820b-2763bf7d5498"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8a22bfaf0d52438fd7fdd50925315e37e82c71c0c20fc2e4211823d565535fc3"
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 97 (2025) — TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL RETAIL LIQUOR PERMITS TO CERTAIN EXISTING HOLDERS OF RETAIL LIQUOR PERMITS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 156** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=156.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 97** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB97.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- J. Moore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23T21:07:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-23T21:33:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28T19:37:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29T21:00:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-29T21:00:19+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-01-29T21:59:47+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-01-29T23:45:58+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`
- **2025-02-12T19:53:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-20T17:31:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T17:31:36+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-20T18:45:43+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-02-20T18:45:46+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-20T19:32:30+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-20T19:32:34+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-25T23:13:58+00:00** Notification that SB97 is now Act 156 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da3718ab-a740-43ee-820b-2763bf7d5498`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).