---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE FEES FOR A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN; AND TO WAIVE FEES FOR MILITARY VETERANS AND ACTIVE UNITED STATES MILITARY PERSONNEL."
description: "CONCERNING THE FEES FOR A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN; AND TO WAIVE FEES FOR MILITARY VETERANS AND ACTIVE UNITED STATES MILITARY PERSONNEL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 171"
citation: "Arkansas SB 171 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Garner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-21T18:57:25+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T17:57:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d839cdcf-df9d-4779-8585-25b5ac7f9b4a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7f972741365e52c15505d29a3c804e898d59ab4cb67739e35a425cc019df5d2f"
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 171 (2021) — CONCERNING THE FEES FOR A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN; AND TO WAIVE FEES FOR MILITARY VETERANS AND ACTIVE UNITED STATES MILITARY PERSONNEL.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 171** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB171.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **88–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- T. Garner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T18:57:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-21T20:27:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T18:24:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07T18:43:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T18:44:15+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-07T22:03:50+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-07T22:22:22+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`
- **2021-04-13T23:14:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T19:43:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T19:43:45+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-20T22:30:54+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-20T22:31:02+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-21T16:49:51+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-21T16:50:02+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T17:57:56+00:00** Notification that SB171 is now Act 888 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d839cdcf-df9d-4779-8585-25b5ac7f9b4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).