---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE PUBLIC ENTITIES TO CREATE A POLICY CONCERNING THE AUTHORIZED USE OF TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES AND A CYBER SECURITY POLICY; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE CYBER SECURITY OFFICE."
description: "TO REQUIRE PUBLIC ENTITIES TO CREATE A POLICY CONCERNING THE AUTHORIZED USE OF TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES AND A CYBER SECURITY POLICY; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE CYBER SECURITY OFFICE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1369"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1369 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "S. Meeks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-07T22:09:38+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:17:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5532c089-fb4b-4a32-aef3-7de8c38597cc"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f3cb04d4571dd525230b21531be571f552408fe10c6a4a20028ccf0fe0e994bc"
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 1369 (2023) — TO REQUIRE PUBLIC ENTITIES TO CREATE A POLICY CONCERNING THE AUTHORIZED USE OF TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES AND A CYBER SECURITY POLICY; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE CYBER SECURITY OFFICE.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Act 504** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=504.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1369-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1369-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1369-H3.pdf)
5. **HB 1369** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1369.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)
- S. Meeks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07T22:09:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T22:41:39+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T14:32:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-27T14:32:45+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27T19:03:50+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-13T18:28:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 3 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T13:32:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-14T13:32:17+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-14T15:06:13+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-15T18:55:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T00:01:07+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-16T00:01:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T00:01:58+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-16T00:02:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:20:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T20:37:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:37:03+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:20:18+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:20:34+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T14:08:53+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:17:54+00:00** Notification that HB1369 is now Act 504 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5532c089-fb4b-4a32-aef3-7de8c38597cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).