---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING RETIRED PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS CARRYING A CONCEALED HANDGUN."
description: "CONCERNING RETIRED PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS CARRYING A CONCEALED HANDGUN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1593"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1593 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-01T20:53:49+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T18:30:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f929f669-f0d0-4b51-af4d-5b6ce762ac01"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a6628f0773a7006b65bf854203ee910521a4c74de4c9d4e6e64fa4d44ae9754c"
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 1593 (2021) — CONCERNING RETIRED PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS CARRYING A CONCEALED HANDGUN.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1593-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1593** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1593.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **81–3** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **85–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-01T20:53:49+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-01T23:05:07+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`
- **2021-03-09T23:53:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10T19:54:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T22:23:08+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-10T22:24:15+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T18:32:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T18:28:24+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-17T18:28:36+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-17T20:49:56+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-18T21:26:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T21:27:00+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-03-18T23:48:26+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-18T23:48:37+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T18:07:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12T18:59:29+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-12T18:59:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-13T13:45:05+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-14T18:30:48+00:00** Notification that HB1593 is now Act 710 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f929f669-f0d0-4b51-af4d-5b6ce762ac01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).