---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF THE OFFENSE OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN REGARDS TO THE HABITUAL OFFENDER SENTENCE ENHANCEMENT; AND CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA."
description: "CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF THE OFFENSE OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN REGARDS TO THE HABITUAL OFFENDER SENTENCE ENHANCEMENT; AND CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1604"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1604 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-02T19:54:21+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-24T20:16:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c20f007-8108-41b3-a016-b7715c974989"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a722820bd0b43af1e3fb0f191d26cbc1a4c32bb473398aa95c73d2196e5569d9"
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 1604 (2021) — CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF THE OFFENSE OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN REGARDS TO THE HABITUAL OFFENDER SENTENCE ENHANCEMENT; AND CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1604** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1604.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02T19:54:21+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-02T23:01:55+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`
- **2021-03-09T23:53:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10T19:58:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T22:24:55+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-10T22:26:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T18:41:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22T19:31:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T19:31:29+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-22T21:09:38+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-22T21:09:40+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-23T14:09:22+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-24T20:16:57+00:00** Notification that HB1604 is now Act 453 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c20f007-8108-41b3-a016-b7715c974989`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).