---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SIGNS DESIGNATING THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE BOWIE KNIFE, ARKANSAS HERITAGE SITE."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SIGNS DESIGNATING THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE BOWIE KNIFE, ARKANSAS HERITAGE SITE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 541"
citation: "Arkansas SB 541 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teague"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-15T23:08:03+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:27:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86378fdc-6b9c-4b58-bf4e-ed191b61d250"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "43759b6f2b9f7cd5d6bcdc09db9f93744b7e4cc3610d934b8030e520f5a6e195"
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 541 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SIGNS DESIGNATING THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE BOWIE KNIFE, ARKANSAS HERITAGE SITE.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 541** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB541.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

- Teague — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-15T23:08:03+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T18:43:29+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T18:08:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21T19:16:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T19:16:38+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-21T22:38:38+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-22T00:17:23+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T21:07:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T19:56:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T19:56:49+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-27T22:14:46+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-27T22:14:49+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T22:14:51+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T22:14:53+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:27:02+00:00** Notification that SB541 is now Act 1056 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86378fdc-6b9c-4b58-bf4e-ed191b61d250`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).