---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND § 5-73-122; AND CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF \"FACILITY\" AS IT IS USED IN REGARD TO THE POSSESSION OF A FIREARM."
description: "TO AMEND § 5-73-122; AND CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF \"FACILITY\" AS IT IS USED IN REGARD TO THE POSSESSION OF A FIREARM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1598"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1598 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wardlaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-02T19:12:25+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T16:24:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82204c80-5aa8-4aeb-995d-6e7c7471c26d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4c3ceceb72b6809ecdfc42210da43d28cc1d9105ed4f7790bd97e85187ba9414"
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 1598 (2021) — TO AMEND § 5-73-122; AND CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF "FACILITY" AS IT IS USED IN REGARD TO THE POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1598** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1598.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **79–12** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **26–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wardlaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02T19:12:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-02T23:00:23+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`
- **2021-04-01T22:24:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05T19:35:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T21:36:56+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-05T21:37:08+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T18:29:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08T19:26:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T19:26:50+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-08T20:24:10+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-08T20:24:12+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-09T13:32:09+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-13T16:24:31+00:00** Notification that HB1598 is now Act 693 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82204c80-5aa8-4aeb-995d-6e7c7471c26d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).