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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO PROHIBIT CONTRACTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING STATE CONTRACTS; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF STATE PROCUREMENT."
+description: "TO PROHIBIT CONTRACTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING STATE CONTRACTS; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF STATE PROCUREMENT."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1789"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1789 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["G. Stubblefield", "McAlindon"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-29T21:56:57+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-12T15:02:07+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02f8bc15-2b20-42e7-8fb7-22764f29b784"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "7e39ecd9be0a69c8e74f4d772dd8393b5d4561a23b05a69a3984db0a841044de"
+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 1789 (2023) — TO PROHIBIT CONTRACTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING STATE CONTRACTS; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF STATE PROCUREMENT.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 758** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=758.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1789-H1.pdf)
+3. **HB 1789** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1789.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **81–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)
+- McAlindon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-29T21:56:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-29T23:27:06+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`
+- **2023-04-04T02:27:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-04T13:30:53+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-04-04T13:30:55+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-04T16:31:50+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-04-05T00:37:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05T03:52:40+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-04-05T17:56:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-06T16:06:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-07T16:32:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-07T16:33:02+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2023-04-07T17:03:32+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-07T17:03:34+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-10T12:45:44+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-04-12T15:02:07+00:00** Notification that HB1789 is now Act 758 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02f8bc15-2b20-42e7-8fb7-22764f29b784`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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