---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR TO ORDER THE MILITIA INTO SERVICE; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE MILITIA TO ADDRESS CYBERSECURITY THREATS AND CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR TO ORDER THE MILITIA INTO SERVICE; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE MILITIA TO ADDRESS CYBERSECURITY THREATS AND CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1128"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1128 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/def6a8b6-b869-4c27-870d-26878bbdd52f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f4d497f8ff9e4a70f70df9fb03e6612ec6817f29e2dd2ae091f5fc1f781552a5"
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 1128 (2019) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR TO ORDER THE MILITIA INTO SERVICE; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE MILITIA TO ADDRESS CYBERSECURITY THREATS AND CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1128** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1128.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- House — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-14** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-04** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Received from the House.
- **2019-02-04** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-12** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2019-02-12** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2019-02-12** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-02-13** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-02-15** Notification that HB1128 is now Act 149 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/def6a8b6-b869-4c27-870d-26878bbdd52f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).