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type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE USE OF AUDIO MEDIA, VISUAL MEDIA, AND AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, DISPATCH CENTERS, PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS, JAILS, AND DETENTION CENTERS."
description: "CONCERNING THE USE OF AUDIO MEDIA, VISUAL MEDIA, AND AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, DISPATCH CENTERS, PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS, JAILS, AND DETENTION CENTERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 346"
citation: "Arkansas SB 346 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "Rapert"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-22T20:42:25+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T17:12:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b0e52d9-6e72-48f9-967c-200ba9e9456a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "346f1a00ca172e9a6b66cb430cd8eab259b30ad1a105b29c6816b99bd9f26647"
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 346 (2021) — CONCERNING THE USE OF AUDIO MEDIA, VISUAL MEDIA, AND AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, DISPATCH CENTERS, PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS, JAILS, AND DETENTION CENTERS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB346-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB346-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB346-S2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB346-S3.pdf)
5. **SB 346** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB346.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed. — **271** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **277** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **320** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **787** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Beck — primary (person)
- Rapert — primary (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Hickey — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- Slape — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-22T20:42:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T23:05:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T15:01:40+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-09T15:01:47+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-09T19:09:46+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-09T19:10:05+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T13:37:00+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2021-03-15T13:37:08+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-15T18:25:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-15T18:25:55+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T13:28:26+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 3
- **2021-03-16T13:28:34+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-16T18:09:05+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-16T18:09:23+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T18:25:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29T18:49:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T18:50:11+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-29T22:58:54+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-29T23:10:13+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`
- **2021-04-06T13:30:29+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-06T13:30:31+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-06T15:34:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-07T18:58:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08T19:39:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T19:39:39+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-08T21:45:12+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-08T21:45:40+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T19:10:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T18:58:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-15T18:58:39+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-15T18:58:57+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-15T18:59:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T18:59:33+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which SB346 passed. Motion passed.
- **2021-04-15T18:59:35+00:00** The vote by which SB346 Passed was expunged.
- **2021-04-15T18:59:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T19:00:04+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-19T14:28:35+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-19T14:28:39+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T17:12:57+00:00** Notification that SB346 is now Act 778 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b0e52d9-6e72-48f9-967c-200ba9e9456a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).