republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2021/sb-248.md

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Bill	TO CREATE THE FOOD FREEDOM ACT; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PRODUCERS OF HOMEMADE FOOD OR DRINK PRODUCTS FROM LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, AND INSPECTION.	TO CREATE THE FOOD FREEDOM ACT; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PRODUCERS OF HOMEMADE FOOD OR DRINK PRODUCTS FROM LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, AND INSPECTION.	us/states/ar	Arkansas Legislature	2021	SB 248	Arkansas SB 248 (2021)	bill		enacted	B. Davis Payton	5	35	3	2021-02-01T18:50:03+00:00	2021-04-30T19:21:01+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/24d71102-3f50-4d01-a5ca-c65a9af68ce3	ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt	2d5eb345e09413a5f7d5390a1a99e3ffb38087d654c9debe403339d2cb775163	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ar

Arkansas SB 248 (2021) — TO CREATE THE FOOD FREEDOM ACT; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PRODUCERS OF HOMEMADE FOOD OR DRINK PRODUCTS FROM LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, AND INSPECTION.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment H1 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment S2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment S3 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 248 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — 87–0 (pass) · lower
• Read the third time and passed. — 34–1 (pass) · upper
• Read the third time and passed. — 23–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Davis — primary (person)
• Payton — primary (person)
• B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-01T18:50:03+00:00 Filed introduction
• 2021-02-01T19:19:10+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-08T14:43:48+00:00 Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
• 2021-02-08T14:43:50+00:00 Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2021-02-08T19:46:31+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2021-02-08T19:46:44+00:00 Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE referral-committee
• 2021-03-03T14:29:29+00:00 Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
• 2021-03-03T14:29:55+00:00 Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2021-03-03T19:13:08+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2021-03-03T19:13:31+00:00 Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE referral-committee
• 2021-04-13T18:54:52+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 3 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-14T18:25:35+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2021-04-14T18:25:47+00:00 Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2021-04-14T20:41:15+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2021-04-15T19:06:21+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-15T19:06:38+00:00 Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
• 2021-04-15T22:21:08+00:00 RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
• 2021-04-15T22:44:46+00:00 Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21T00:50:02+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 committee-passage
• 2021-04-21T13:39:42+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2021-04-21T13:39:45+00:00 Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2021-04-21T16:03:33+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2021-04-21T21:19:55+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-21T21:20:13+00:00 Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
• 2021-04-22T02:53:02+00:00 Returned to the Senate as passed, as amended. Amendment #1.
• 2021-04-22T02:53:19+00:00 Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE referral-committee
• 2021-04-23T02:44:01+00:00 Returned by the committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass, Concur in House, Amendment #1.
• 2021-04-26T18:41:48+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2021-04-26T18:41:49+00:00 House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
• 2021-04-26T18:42:13+00:00 Rules suspended.
• 2021-04-26T18:42:33+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-26T18:42:34+00:00 ORDERED ENROLLED
• 2021-04-27T13:30:59+00:00 Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
• 2021-04-27T13:31:03+00:00 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. executive-receipt
• 2021-04-30T19:21:01+00:00 Notification that SB248 is now Act 1040 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24d71102-3f50-4d01-a5ca-c65a9af68ce3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).