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type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL FIREARM BANS WITHIN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND CONCERNING STATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS."
description: "CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL FIREARM BANS WITHIN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND CONCERNING STATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1957"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1957 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Wardlaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-27T03:21:19+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T18:46:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15595740-5305-4982-8810-0741057b5c8b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "bfc9479f933f6ab7df887cd62af6fa8d5e256dc714c287ca7f2e76c5982f59e3"
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 HB 1957 (2021) — CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL FIREARM BANS WITHIN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND CONCERNING STATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1957-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1957** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1957.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **7920** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **266** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **7519** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Irvin — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — primary (person)
- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Sample — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Bragg — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Deffenbaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hawks — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hickey — cosponsor (person)
- Hillman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Jett — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- L. Eads — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
- M. Pitsch — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Payton — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Rapert — cosponsor (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Shepherd — cosponsor (person)
- Slape — cosponsor (person)
- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
- Tollett — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-04-27T03:21:19+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-27T03:29:05+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T15:50:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T19:30:00+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2021-04-27T19:31:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T20:02:25+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-27T20:02:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T22:37:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27T22:37:49+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-27T22:37:56+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-27T22:38:07+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-27T23:20:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-28T05:18:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28T05:19:06+00:00** Returned to the House as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-28T05:29:40+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-28T05:31:43+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28T05:35:19+00:00** Motion to Suspend the Rules for State Agencies to meet without notice passes
- **2021-04-28T05:46:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28T06:00:46+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2021-04-28T06:01:21+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-28T06:01:29+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-28T16:21:40+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-29T18:46:30+00:00** Notification that HB1957 is now Act 1012 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15595740-5305-4982-8810-0741057b5c8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).