---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING PLACES WHERE A PERSON MAY POSSESS AND CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN WITH A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN."
description: "CONCERNING PLACES WHERE A PERSON MAY POSSESS AND CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN WITH A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 573"
citation: "Arkansas SB 573 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Underwood"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-18T18:09:28+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:10:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4173d4f6-66bb-47fe-84d5-58e955d2630d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "667d51c294606ae498811ea9b340f87bd1e9200b187d5cf04f4214ddc2ec7fc5"
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 573 (2021) — CONCERNING PLACES WHERE A PERSON MAY POSSESS AND CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN WITH A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN.

## 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%2FSB573-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB573-H2.pdf)
3. **SB 573** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB573.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **78–16** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **28–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **28–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- Underwood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T18:09:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T22:29:43+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T18:25:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07T19:19:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T19:19:29+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-07T22:04:51+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-07T22:24:16+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`
- **2021-04-13T18:14:05+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-13T18:14:07+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13T18:39:05+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-20T22:42:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T13:38:57+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-21T13:39:02+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21T16:02:55+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-21T21:13:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T21:13:34+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2021-04-22T02:58:00+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended, Amendment #1 and Amendment #2.
- **2021-04-22T02:58:28+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T19:08:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 and Amendment #2. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26T18:59:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-26T18:59:57+00:00** House Amendment No. 1,2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-26T19:00:05+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-26T19:00:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T19:00:36+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T13:32:05+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T13:32:08+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:10:51+00:00** Notification that SB573 is now Act 1024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4173d4f6-66bb-47fe-84d5-58e955d2630d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).