---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS WHILE HUNTING DEER; AND TO REPEAL § 15-43-205."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS WHILE HUNTING DEER; AND TO REPEAL § 15-43-205."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Arkansas SB 15 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beaty Jr.", "J. Boyd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-20T17:26:56+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-12T19:35:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da4def63-0183-48fe-b19b-c3eea10f123b"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "cc514a274e5234b22d0e8a62634058d660e35065050859b78f6d8f1628ee2093"
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 15 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS WHILE HUNTING DEER; AND TO REPEAL § 15-43-205.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 26** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=26.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 15** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB15.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beaty Jr. — primary (person)
- J. Boyd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-20T17:26:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-13T19:05:20+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21T19:39:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-22T19:40:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-22T19:41:02+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-01-22T21:03:32+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-01-22T22:50:12+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`
- **2025-02-04T17:07:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T20:09:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05T20:09:13+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-05T22:02:56+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-02-05T22:03:04+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-05T22:06:05+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-05T22:06:10+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-12T19:35:24+00:00** Notification that SB15 is now Act 26 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da4def63-0183-48fe-b19b-c3eea10f123b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).