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+type: "Bill"
+title: "PROHIBITING PAROLE FOR A PERSON CONVICTED OF THE OFFENSE OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY CERTAIN PERSONS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+description: "PROHIBITING PAROLE FOR A PERSON CONVICTED OF THE OFFENSE OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY CERTAIN PERSONS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 300"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 300 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Slape"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-08T19:04:33+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-29T18:03:50+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cf2f11b-7091-47af-a7f5-f07709c35a9a"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "4ff78c304d90197120cbb4f0e489dba91b0f6a12e331b0ed2170d5fcc7d64aca"
+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 SB 300 (2021) — PROHIBITING PAROLE FOR A PERSON CONVICTED OF THE OFFENSE OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY CERTAIN PERSONS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
+
+## 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%2FSB300-H1.pdf)
+2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB300-S1.pdf)
+3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB300-S2.pdf)
+4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB300-S3.pdf)
+5. **SB 300** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB300.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **78–13** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J. Dismang — primary (person)
+- Slape — primary (person)
+- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
+- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
+- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
+- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
+- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Garner — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
+- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
+- Evans — cosponsor (person)
+- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
+- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
+- Jean — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
+- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
+- McNair — cosponsor (person)
+- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicks — cosponsor (person)
+- Shepherd — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)
+- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
+- Watson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-08T19:04:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-02-08T21:36:36+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-03T14:31:05+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
+- **2021-03-03T14:31:32+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-03-03T19:17:56+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-03-03T19:18:09+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15T13:35:54+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
+- **2021-03-15T13:36:02+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-03-15T18:19:06+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-03-15T18:19:25+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-18T12:57:19+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 3
+- **2021-03-18T12:57:26+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-03-18T18:25:54+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-03-18T18:26:08+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-22T18:25:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-29T18:37:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-29T18:38:11+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2021-03-29T18:38:29+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2021-03-29T22:58:35+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2021-03-29T23:09:41+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`
+- **2021-04-20T18:08:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-21T13:37:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-04-21T13:37:26+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-21T16:02:14+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-21T21:11:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-21T21:11:30+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2021-04-21T21:11:38+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2021-04-22T02:48:48+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended, Amendment # 1.
+- **2021-04-22T18:32:10+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-04-22T18:32:12+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
+- **2021-04-22T18:32:15+00:00** Rules suspended.
+- **2021-04-22T18:37:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-22T18:37:26+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2021-04-22T18:37:30+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-23T17:53:14+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2021-04-23T17:53:18+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-29T18:03:50+00:00** Notification that SB300 is now Act 946 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cf2f11b-7091-47af-a7f5-f07709c35a9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+