---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE POSSESSION OR STORAGE OF A PERSON'S FIREARM WHEN A PERSON LEAVES HIS OR HER FIREARM INSIDE OF HIS OR HER CAR IN HIS OR HER EMPLOYER'S PARKING LOT."
description: "CONCERNING THE POSSESSION OR STORAGE OF A PERSON'S FIREARM WHEN A PERSON LEAVES HIS OR HER FIREARM INSIDE OF HIS OR HER CAR IN HIS OR HER EMPLOYER'S PARKING LOT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 555"
citation: "Arkansas SB 555 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-16T21:13:33+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-22T16:03:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d20eeca2-ffd5-47e8-8f25-acea5146d139"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a445a810fee51b1e55a2bfe40b564c751c26cb15ec7708297789e23fb6adb315"
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 555 (2021) — CONCERNING THE POSSESSION OR STORAGE OF A PERSON'S FIREARM WHEN A PERSON LEAVES HIS OR HER FIREARM INSIDE OF HIS OR HER CAR IN HIS OR HER EMPLOYER'S PARKING LOT.

## 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%2FSB555-H1.pdf)
2. **SB 555** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB555.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **28–4** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **86–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16T21:13:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T21:25:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T18:33:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T19:39:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T19:39:55+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-18T21:34:38+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-18T22:28:09+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`
- **2021-04-05T18:12:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-05T18:12:11+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-05T18:34:47+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-06T22:37:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07T19:28:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T19:28:20+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-07T23:12:40+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-07T23:14:00+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T19:49:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass. Concur in House Amendment #1. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T18:25:49+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-19T18:25:58+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-19T18:26:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T18:26:25+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-20T15:13:57+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-20T15:14:02+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22T16:03:33+00:00** Notification that SB555 is now Act 809 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d20eeca2-ffd5-47e8-8f25-acea5146d139`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).