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+type: "Bill"
+title: "CONCERNING THE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, AND USE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA."
+description: "CONCERNING THE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, AND USE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1525"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1525 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bledsoe", "Lundstrum"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-22T22:24:19+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-30T20:11:05+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47a81fa1-7f51-4e30-851b-0bf1f829db40"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "2c7d34429e4b72250a4a10dc51b354cd91c2d6ef2788f8338745862ca8c7f401"
+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 1525 (2021) — CONCERNING THE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, AND USE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1525-H1.pdf)
+2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1525-H2.pdf)
+3. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1525-H3.pdf)
+4. **Amendment H4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1525-H4.pdf)
+5. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1525-S1.pdf)
+6. **HB 1525** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1525.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **83–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **26–1** (pass) · upper
+- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **84–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bledsoe — primary (person)
+- Lundstrum — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-22T22:24:19+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-02-23T23:04:15+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-08T14:35:39+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-03-08T14:35:43+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-08T18:42:48+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-03-09T14:32:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-03-09T14:33:02+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-09T19:14:22+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-03-17T13:33:56+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-03-17T13:34:00+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-17T18:06:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-06T16:29:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 4 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-07T13:31:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-04-07T13:31:22+00:00** Amendment No. 4 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-07T16:15:19+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-08T18:17:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-08T21:55:30+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-04-08T21:56:23+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-13T19:14:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-15T20:52:57+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-19T13:40:17+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
+- **2021-04-19T13:40:25+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-04-19T18:10:46+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-19T18:10:55+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-22T18:21:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-23T00:58:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-23T01:00:18+00:00** Returned to the House as passed, as amended, Amendment #1
+- **2021-04-23T01:47:10+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2021-04-23T01:47:27+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-26T16:21:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-27T16:36:05+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
+- **2021-04-27T16:36:08+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-28T16:29:13+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-04-30T20:11:05+00:00** Notification that HB1525 is now Act 1062 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47a81fa1-7f51-4e30-851b-0bf1f829db40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+