---
type: "Bill"
title: "REGARDING THE SUSPENSION OF PERMITS FOR A RETAILER'S FAILURE TO PAY A WHOLESALER OR MANUFACTURER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS, VAPOR PRODUCTS, ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCTS, OR E-LIQUIDS."
description: "REGARDING THE SUSPENSION OF PERMITS FOR A RETAILER'S FAILURE TO PAY A WHOLESALER OR MANUFACTURER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS, VAPOR PRODUCTS, ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCTS, OR E-LIQUIDS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1606"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1606 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flippo", "J. Moore"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-13T18:22:07+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:17:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbacf762-1f0d-48e1-b683-b3b849bf19af"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ae110bad78d8e40542276f1b8a40238b9f9726d8bb8a7bb879e1879a4ab47c98"
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 1606 (2023) — REGARDING THE SUSPENSION OF PERMITS FOR A RETAILER'S FAILURE TO PAY A WHOLESALER OR MANUFACTURER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS, VAPOR PRODUCTS, ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCTS, OR E-LIQUIDS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 813** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=813.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1606** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1606.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **79–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-13T18:22:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-13T22:59:26+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`
- **2023-03-15T18:32:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T19:18:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T21:23:17+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-16T21:23:26+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:30:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T18:57:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T18:57:53+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:02:43+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:02:46+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:30:09+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:17:45+00:00** Notification that HB1606 is now Act 813 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbacf762-1f0d-48e1-b683-b3b849bf19af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).