republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2021/sb-59.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO BE KNOWN AS THE \"INTRASTATE FIREARMS PROTECTION ACT\"; AND TO PREVENT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FROM REGULATING THE MANUFACTURE, ASSEMBLY, AND TRADE OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION WITHIN THE BORDERS OF ARKANSAS."
description: "TO BE KNOWN AS THE \"INTRASTATE FIREARMS PROTECTION ACT\"; AND TO PREVENT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FROM REGULATING THE MANUFACTURE, ASSEMBLY, AND TRADE OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION WITHIN THE BORDERS OF ARKANSAS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Arkansas SB 59 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Gonzales"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06T17:53:54+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-27T00:34:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ef69080-679a-4dff-9ffe-d11d3dd55ba1"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b7873135249ffbacb01e146977522f212823b29673219659a23fa21865f17523"
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 59 (2021) — TO BE KNOWN AS THE "INTRASTATE FIREARMS PROTECTION ACT"; AND TO PREVENT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FROM REGULATING THE MANUFACTURE, ASSEMBLY, AND TRADE OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION WITHIN THE BORDERS OF ARKANSAS.

## 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%2FSB59-S1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB59-S2.pdf)
3. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB59-S3.pdf)
4. **Amendment S4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB59-S4.pdf)
5. **SB 59** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB59.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **74–18** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **28–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- Gonzales — primary (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06T17:53:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T22:04:08+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T14:37:07+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-02-08T14:37:17+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-08T19:11:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-08T19:11:18+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22T14:32:04+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 3
- **2021-02-22T14:32:59+00:00** Amendment #2 Withdrawn
- **2021-02-22T14:33:17+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-22T19:07:22+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-22T19:07:43+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T18:29:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T18:20:27+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-31T18:20:36+00:00** Amendment # 4 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-31T20:44:08+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-01T18:37:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T18:37:56+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-01T21:37:49+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-01T22:45:21+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`
- **2021-04-13T18:06:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T20:08:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T20:08:46+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-15T21:55:52+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-15T21:55:59+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-19T14:23:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-19T14:23:13+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-27T00:34:16+00:00** Notification that SB59 is now Act 872 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ef69080-679a-4dff-9ffe-d11d3dd55ba1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).