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type: "Bill"
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title: "CONCERNING THE DEFENSE OF A PERSON WITH THE USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE OR DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE."
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description: "CONCERNING THE DEFENSE OF A PERSON WITH THE USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE OR DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE."
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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: "SB 24"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 24 (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", "Pilkington"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2020-12-23T14:34:40+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-03-03T20:20:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3dddff9-c10f-451e-ab5b-91881b7cd94f"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "fcce536e8a43da899709c02665e721f6c01357f58a08c0af7e114a0ff9c5ca5b"
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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 SB 24 (2021) — CONCERNING THE DEFENSE OF A PERSON WITH THE USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE OR DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE.
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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 S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB24-S1.pdf)
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2. **SB 24** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB24.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed. — **27–7** (pass) · upper
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- Motion to Suspend the Rules failed — **20–8** (pass) · upper
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **72–23** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
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- Pilkington — primary (person)
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- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Beckham — cosponsor (person)
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- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
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- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
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- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
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- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
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- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
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- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
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- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
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- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- Hester — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
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- Rapert — cosponsor (person)
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- Ray — cosponsor (person)
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- Rice — cosponsor (person)
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- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
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- Rye — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)
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- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
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- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-23T14:34:40+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2021-01-11T21:23:08+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-13T19:08:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-01-13T20:00:48+00:00** Motion to Suspend the Rules
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- **2021-01-13T20:01:27+00:00** Motion passed and roll call requested
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- **2021-01-13T20:01:56+00:00** Motion to Suspend the Rules failed
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- **2021-01-14T19:10:57+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-01-14T19:11:24+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2021-01-14T19:56:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-01-19T20:01:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-19T20:03:22+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2021-01-19T20:29:08+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2021-01-19T21:34:55+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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- **2021-02-23T22:24:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-24T20:13:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-24T20:15:42+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
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- **2021-02-24T23:10:17+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
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- **2021-02-24T23:10:34+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2021-02-25T19:40:22+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2021-02-25T19:40:30+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-03-03T20:20:00+00:00** Notification that SB24 is now Act 250 `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/e3dddff9-c10f-451e-ab5b-91881b7cd94f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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