SB 464 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING SALES OF RAW MILK; TO ALLOW SALES OF RAW MILK AND RAW MILK PRODUCTS AT LOCATIONS OTHER THAN THE FARM WHERE THE RAW MILK OR RAW MILK PRODUCT WAS PRODUCED; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Senate Bill 464 amends current state laws regarding the sale of raw milk and raw milk products. It permits farmers to sell these products at locations other than the farm where they were produced, such as farmers' markets. This change aims to provide farmers, particularly those producing unpasteurized cheese, with more sales opportunities and immediate legal clarity. The bill includes an emergency clause to make these provisions effective immediately upon becoming law.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Mar 14, 2025 Signed Apr 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 698 → SB 464 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from Act 698 to Senate Bill 464 and updated to reflect the 95th General Assembly Regular Session of 2025. The substantive legislative content appears unchanged, with modifications limited to formatting, session dates, and bill numbering conventions.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from Act 698 to Senate Bill 464 to reflect current legislative session numbering.

Session information updated to Regular Session 2025 for the 95th General Assembly.

Added blank lines and formatting spacing for document presentation.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 18, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that SB464 is now Act 698

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned from the House as passed.

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned to the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

upper

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1

upper

Mar 14, 2025

Introduced

Filed

upper

2 primary · 2 co-sponsors