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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EGG MARKETING ACT OF 1969; AND TO AUTHORIZE REPACKAGING OF EGGS BY A RETAILER IF CERTAIN CRITERIA IS MET."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EGG MARKETING ACT OF 1969; AND TO AUTHORIZE REPACKAGING OF EGGS BY A RETAILER IF CERTAIN CRITERIA IS MET."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1279"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1279 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Lynch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-28T19:33:48+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T22:08:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbb2c805-9f3d-4629-a968-51156d286a79"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5fef82a0ac88887cc6d887c204369a6d0f6e60ff1550b3efebfb7607f4c56f3d"
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 1279 (2025) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EGG MARKETING ACT OF 1969; AND TO AUTHORIZE REPACKAGING OF EGGS BY A RETAILER IF CERTAIN CRITERIA IS MET.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 285** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=285.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1279-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1279-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1279** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1279.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Lynch — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-28T19:33:48+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-28T23:15:19+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`
- **2025-02-05T17:23:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T14:35:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-06T14:35:45+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-06T15:56:16+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-10T20:02:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-10T23:32:25+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-10T23:32:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T16:43:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20T17:48:55+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24T14:01:33+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-02-24T14:01:46+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-24T19:37:29+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-24T19:37:37+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T19:53:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26T20:16:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T20:17:25+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-02-26T21:12:02+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-02-26T21:12:10+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T17:28:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T19:48:27+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-03-06T19:48:32+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-07T17:18:52+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-12T22:08:54+00:00** Notification that HB1279 is now Act 285 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbb2c805-9f3d-4629-a968-51156d286a79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).