Notice required at point of sale — Penalties. [Effective if contingency in Acts 2025, No. 934, § 23, is met.]

Ark. Code Ann. § 20-56-515 — under General Provisions.

Ark. Code Ann. § 20-56-515

(a) A person shall not sell or offer for sale a consumable hemp product in this state unless a clearly visible notice is posted at the location where the consumable hemp product is available for purchase.

(b) The notice described under subsection (a) of this section shall state that:(1) A consumable hemp product contains tetrahydrocannabinol;(2) Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not use products that contain tetrahydrocannabinol due to the risk of birth defects and other developmental defects; and(3) A minor shall not purchase a consumable hemp product.

(1) A consumable hemp product contains tetrahydrocannabinol;

(2) Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not use products that contain tetrahydrocannabinol due to the risk of birth defects and other developmental defects; and

(3) A minor shall not purchase a consumable hemp product.

(c) (1) In addition to the penalties under this subchapter and the Arkansas Industrial Hemp Production Act, § 2-15-501 et seq., any person who sells or offers for sale a consumable hemp product without a notice as described in this section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) for the first offense and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent offense.(2) Each violation, and every day in which a violation occurs, constitutes a separate violation.

(1) In addition to the penalties under this subchapter and the Arkansas Industrial Hemp Production Act, § 2-15-501 et seq., any person who sells or offers for sale a consumable hemp product without a notice as described in this section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) for the first offense and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent offense.

(2) Each violation, and every day in which a violation occurs, constitutes a separate violation.

(d) Fines collected under this section shall be deposited into the State Treasury as special revenues to the credit of the Arkansas Tobacco Control Revenue Fund.