---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN ON A JOURNEY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN ON A JOURNEY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 450"
citation: "Arkansas SB 450 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Cooper", "G. Stubblefield"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-20T15:35:38+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T13:21:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bca9a548-b4ea-4e4a-a1e2-6ccdd774e141"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6229c1660846d530c480bcf2210537e41df532b7354191a8082157b9f19254b1"
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 450 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN ON A JOURNEY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 773** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=773.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 450** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB450.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **84–10** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Cooper — primary (person)
- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Duffield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-20T15:35:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-20T20:18:58+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:27:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T21:23:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T21:23:22+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-30T23:03:06+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-31T01:43:53+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`
- **2023-04-05T04:33:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T20:31:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T20:31:44+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:24:28+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:24:31+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:30:02+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:30:04+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T13:21:47+00:00** Notification that SB450 is now Act 773 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bca9a548-b4ea-4e4a-a1e2-6ccdd774e141`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).