---
type: "Bill"
title: "PERMITTING A CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSEE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN IN A MUNICIPALLY OWNED OR MAINTAINED PARK."
description: "PERMITTING A CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSEE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN IN A MUNICIPALLY OWNED OR MAINTAINED PARK."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 306"
citation: "Arkansas SB 306 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09T15:35:41+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T15:34:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff5f6980-3dbf-4ffc-8828-9953e5e64478"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "626c3be1bec189060ff22b5c43a82fea2c6920f364c155301d008a526362153f"
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 306 (2021) — PERMITTING A CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSEE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN IN A MUNICIPALLY OWNED OR MAINTAINED PARK.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB306-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 306** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB306.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **80–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09T15:35:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-09T19:42:58+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T19:38:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01T20:48:57+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T19:17:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11T19:31:51+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-11T19:31:55+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-11T21:53:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-15T18:31:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T18:32:05+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-15T20:52:36+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-15T22:07:10+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`
- **2021-04-01T22:26:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06T19:54:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:54:35+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:18:05+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:18:11+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-07T15:41:22+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-07T15:41:31+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13T15:34:40+00:00** Notification that SB306 is now Act 638 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff5f6980-3dbf-4ffc-8828-9953e5e64478`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).