republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2021/hb-1593.md

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Bill	CONCERNING RETIRED PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS CARRYING A CONCEALED HANDGUN.	CONCERNING RETIRED PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS CARRYING A CONCEALED HANDGUN.	us/states/ar	Arkansas Legislature	2021	HB 1593	Arkansas HB 1593 (2021)	bill		enacted	B. Ballinger Gazaway	2	19	3	2021-03-01T20:53:49+00:00	2021-04-14T18:30:48+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f929f669-f0d0-4b51-af4d-5b6ce762ac01	ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt	a6628f0773a7006b65bf854203ee910521a4c74de4c9d4e6e64fa4d44ae9754c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ar

Arkansas HB 1593 (2021) — CONCERNING RETIRED PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS CARRYING A CONCEALED HANDGUN.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment S1 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 1593 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read the third time and passed. — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — 81–3 (pass) · lower
• Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — 85–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Ballinger — primary (person)
• Gazaway — primary (person)
• Hester — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-01T20:53:49+00:00 Filed introduction
• 2021-03-01T23:05:07+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
• 2021-03-09T23:53:11+00:00 Returned by the Committee Do Pass committee-passage
• 2021-03-10T19:54:07+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-10T22:23:08+00:00 Received from the House.
• 2021-03-10T22:24:15+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-16T18:32:46+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-17T18:28:24+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2021-03-17T18:28:36+00:00 Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2021-03-17T20:49:56+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2021-03-18T21:26:42+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-18T21:27:00+00:00 Returned To the House as passed as amended.
• 2021-03-18T23:48:26+00:00 Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
• 2021-03-18T23:48:37+00:00 Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE referral-committee
• 2021-04-08T18:07:01+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 committee-passage
• 2021-04-12T18:59:29+00:00 Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
• 2021-04-12T18:59:31+00:00 TO BE ENROLLED
• 2021-04-13T13:45:05+00:00 Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
• 2021-04-14T18:30:48+00:00 Notification that HB1593 is now Act 710 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f929f669-f0d0-4b51-af4d-5b6ce762ac01. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).