---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING NONCRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK REQUESTS SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION OF ARKANSAS STATE POLICE."
description: "CONCERNING NONCRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK REQUESTS SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION OF ARKANSAS STATE POLICE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "Arkansas SB 218 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Hendren", "M. Berry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26T22:38:28+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T15:30:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12c3ceb2-0f37-4890-b131-30243a3a5f44"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "62d022e1a51eecba5f1a9bb0fa6500892e0ea0bac906ba6e2546054907fad0b8"
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 218 (2021) — CONCERNING NONCRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK REQUESTS SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION OF ARKANSAS STATE POLICE.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 218** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB218.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Hendren — primary (person)
- M. Berry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26T22:38:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-26T22:49:19+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T18:09:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T18:21:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T18:21:48+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-18T21:32:40+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-18T22:25:45+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`
- **2021-04-06T22:38:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07T19:29:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T19:29:50+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-07T23:07:46+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-07T23:07:55+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-08T15:55:27+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-08T15:55:30+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13T15:30:25+00:00** Notification that SB218 is now Act 630 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12c3ceb2-0f37-4890-b131-30243a3a5f44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).