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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 581 3
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By: Senator B. King 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT CONCERNING POULTRY INTEGRATORS; TO CREATE THE 9
POULTRY INTEGRATORS DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES AND 10
TAXPAYER PROTECTION ACT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 11
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Subtitle 14
TO CREATE THE POULTRY INTEGRATORS 15
DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES AND TAXPAYER 16
PROTECTION ACT. 17
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 19
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 4, Chapter 88, is amended to add an 21
additional subchapter to read as follows: 22
Subchapter 15 — Poultry Integrators Deceptive Trade Practices and Taxpayer 23
Protection Act 24
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4-88-1501. Title. 26
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Poultry 27
Integrators Deceptive Trade Practices and Taxpayer Protection Act". 28
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4-88-1502. Poultry integrator transparency — Definition. 30
(a) As used in this section, "poultry integrator" means a company that 31
owns poultry throughout the poultry growing process by supplying food, 32
medicine, or other needs for the poultry under a contract with a grower. 33
(b) An owner or operator of a poultry integrator shall not: 34
(1) Fail to disclose a material fact related to the business 35
health of the poultry integrator's business to a grower in contract 36 SB581
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negotiations or under contract with the poultry integrator; 1
(2) Require the grower to make costly capital improvements or 2
changes to the grower's poultry houses or the manner of growing without 3
adequate assurance that the poultry integrator will fulfill its obligations 4
under the poultry contract with the grower; 5
(3) In the event the poultry integrator will no longer be able 6
to remain in business, fail to take all reasonable steps to ensure the 7
poultry subject to a contract between the poultry integrator and the grower 8
will be adequately taken care of; or 9
(4) Commit any deceptive and unconscionable trade practice as 10
described in § 4-88-107. 11
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4-88-1503. Liability for poultry integrators — Penalties. 13
(a) An owner or operator of a poultry integrator that violates this 14
subchapter is liable if the poultry integrator knowingly engages in an action 15
described under § 4-88-1502(b). 16
(b)(1) As authorized under § 4 -88-103, a prosecutor may initiate an 17
enforcement action against the owner or operator of a poultry integrator who 18
allegedly violates § 4 -88-1502. 19
(2) As authorized under § 4 -88-104, the Attorney General may 20
initiate an enforcement action against the owner or operator of a poultry 21
integrator who allegedly commits a violation of § 4 -88-1502. 22
(c) The owner or operator of a poultry integrator that violates this 23
subchapter is, upon conviction, guilty of a Class B felony. 24
(d) A grower who is injured by the violation of this subchapter by a 25
poultry integrator may: 26
(1) File a civil action for damages; and 27
(2) Be awarded damages, fees, costs, and reasonable attorney's 28
fees. 29
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