---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROHIBITING PAROLE FOR A PERSON CONVICTED OF THE OFFENSE OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY CERTAIN PERSONS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "PROHIBITING PAROLE FOR A PERSON CONVICTED OF THE OFFENSE OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY CERTAIN PERSONS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 300"
citation: "Arkansas SB 300 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Slape"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-08T19:04:33+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T18:03:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cf2f11b-7091-47af-a7f5-f07709c35a9a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4ff78c304d90197120cbb4f0e489dba91b0f6a12e331b0ed2170d5fcc7d64aca"
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 300 (2021) — PROHIBITING PAROLE FOR A PERSON CONVICTED OF THE OFFENSE OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY CERTAIN PERSONS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB300-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB300-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB300-S2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB300-S3.pdf)
5. **SB 300** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB300.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **78–13** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- Slape — primary (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Nicks — cosponsor (person)
- Shepherd — cosponsor (person)
- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08T19:04:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-08T21:36:36+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T14:31:05+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-03T14:31:32+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-03T19:17:56+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-03T19:18:09+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T13:35:54+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2021-03-15T13:36:02+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-15T18:19:06+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-15T18:19:25+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T12:57:19+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 3
- **2021-03-18T12:57:26+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-18T18:25:54+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-18T18:26:08+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T18:25:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29T18:37:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T18:38:11+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-29T18:38:29+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-29T22:58:35+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-29T23:09:41+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`
- **2021-04-20T18:08:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T13:37:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-21T13:37:26+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21T16:02:14+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-21T21:11:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T21:11:30+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-21T21:11:38+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-22T02:48:48+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended, Amendment # 1.
- **2021-04-22T18:32:10+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-22T18:32:12+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-22T18:32:15+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-22T18:37:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T18:37:26+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-22T18:37:30+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-23T17:53:14+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-23T17:53:18+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29T18:03:50+00:00** Notification that SB300 is now Act 946 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cf2f11b-7091-47af-a7f5-f07709c35a9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).