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type: "Bill"
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title: "CONCERNING THE POSSESSION AND USE OF PEPPER SPRAY OR TEAR GAS."
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description: "CONCERNING THE POSSESSION AND USE OF PEPPER SPRAY OR TEAR GAS."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1597"
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citation: "Arkansas HB 1597 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Boyd"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-02T17:47:21+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-04-05T18:10:27+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4825b699-2cbb-4800-89d7-d7bd0bce6614"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "78dcc14d3b3e2a9f3646755718ce1f1a324e9a7a430d3ca2b3c7c9a4ad37240a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
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---
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# Arkansas HB 1597 (2021) — CONCERNING THE POSSESSION AND USE OF PEPPER SPRAY OR TEAR GAS.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1597-H1.pdf)
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2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1597-H2.pdf)
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3. **HB 1597** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1597.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **87–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
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- Boyd — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-02T17:47:21+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2021-03-02T23:00:09+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`
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- **2021-03-08T14:34:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-03-08T14:34:33+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-08T18:42:11+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-03-15T13:33:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-03-15T13:33:05+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-15T16:46:56+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-03-16T21:56:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2021-03-17T20:28:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-03-17T22:43:36+00:00** Received from the House.
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- **2021-03-17T22:43:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-30T18:27:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-31T20:30:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-03-31T20:30:50+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
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- **2021-03-31T21:46:12+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
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- **2021-03-31T21:46:14+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
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- **2021-04-01T13:48:18+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
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- **2021-04-05T18:10:27+00:00** Notification that HB1597 is now Act 566 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4825b699-2cbb-4800-89d7-d7bd0bce6614`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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