---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE SERVICE WEAPON USED BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; AND TO REPEAL REDUNDANT LANGUAGE."
description: "CONCERNING THE SERVICE WEAPON USED BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; AND TO REPEAL REDUNDANT LANGUAGE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 294"
citation: "Arkansas SB 294 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flippo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08T18:39:45+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-15T17:56:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59f4efff-b394-4273-a6f0-ce0a80aca6d8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1fa027116fbbbe596564f5e9190f597c51dd2d5049cefa773625b8f6db9c2790"
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 294 (2021) — CONCERNING THE SERVICE WEAPON USED BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; AND TO REPEAL REDUNDANT LANGUAGE.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 294** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB294.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Flippo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08T18:39:45+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-08T23:00:15+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T19:16:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01T20:43:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T20:44:04+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-01T22:42:30+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-01T23:09:47+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08T16:47:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T20:34:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T20:35:03+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-09T22:04:34+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-09T22:05:05+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-10T18:29:31+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-10T18:29:39+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-15T17:56:36+00:00** Notification that SB294 is now Act 329 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59f4efff-b394-4273-a6f0-ce0a80aca6d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).