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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT ACT OF 2007; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL DETAINER AND FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER."
+description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT ACT OF 2007; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL DETAINER AND FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 594"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 594 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hawks", "J. Dismang"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-22T21:39:40+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-30T19:26:05+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c209620a-3da4-4e46-8545-230bbdde2965"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "670490f47e07abe89dcda6cc683e745d5d1f598c7eb3dabf8430beefb91b8706"
+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 594 (2021) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT ACT OF 2007; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL DETAINER AND FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER.
+
+## 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%2FSB594-H1.pdf)
+2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB594-H2.pdf)
+3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB594-S1.pdf)
+4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB594-S2.pdf)
+5. **SB 594** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB594.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **28–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hawks — primary (person)
+- J. Dismang — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-22T21:39:40+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-03-22T21:55:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-29T13:13:16+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
+- **2021-03-29T13:13:25+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-03-29T18:15:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-03-29T18:17:03+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-08T13:36:45+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
+- **2021-04-08T13:36:51+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-04-08T18:13:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-08T18:13:51+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-12T18:12:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-13T18:42:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-13T18:42:25+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2021-04-13T21:05:57+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2021-04-13T22:13:53+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-19T18:07:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-20T13:36:54+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-04-20T13:36:57+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-20T14:04:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-20T20:31:12+00:00** Motion to rerefer back to committee passed
+- **2021-04-20T20:31:19+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-21T16:04:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-22T13:32:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-04-22T13:32:40+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-22T14:10:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-22T20:23:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-22T20:24:10+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
+- **2021-04-23T02:16:00+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1 and 2.
+- **2021-04-23T02:16:05+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-26T18:34:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1,2 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-27T15:53:10+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-04-27T15:53:15+00:00** House Amendment No. 1,2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
+- **2021-04-27T15:53:32+00:00** Rules suspended.
+- **2021-04-27T15:53:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-27T15:53:58+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-27T18:53:05+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2021-04-27T18:53:09+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-30T19:26:05+00:00** Notification that SB594 is now Act 1052 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c209620a-3da4-4e46-8545-230bbdde2965`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+