---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE SENTENCING FOR A FELONY WITH A FIREARM."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE SENTENCING FOR A FELONY WITH A FIREARM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023S1"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "Arkansas SB 6 (2023S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway", "Gilmore"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-09-08T20:46:12+00:00"
last_action: "2023-09-15T17:03:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c8aadaf-3755-446b-b659-65b7735ce4ee"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1c51b9785da8e37f17d12fb8297529147ce56eeaddfd7d48bec144421829d34a"
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 6 (2023S1) — TO CLARIFY THE SENTENCING FOR A FELONY WITH A FIREARM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023S1%2FPublic%2F&file=2.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023S1)
2. **SB 6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2023S1%2FPublic%2FSB6.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)
- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Crowell — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-08T20:46:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-09-11T16:22:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-11T20:03:30+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-09-11T20:03:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-12T15:25:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12T15:25:10+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-09-12T15:59:45+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-09-12T16:11:46+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`
- **2023-09-12T22:12:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-13T13:51:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13T13:52:01+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-09-13T15:20:11+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-09-13T15:20:18+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-09-13T16:13:05+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-09-13T16:13:09+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15T17:03:37+00:00** Notification that SB6 is now Act 2 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c8aadaf-3755-446b-b659-65b7735ce4ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).