---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF A MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT BOMB SQUAD TO LAWFULLY CARRY A WEAPON IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
description: "TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF A MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT BOMB SQUAD TO LAWFULLY CARRY A WEAPON IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1018"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1018 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "S. Meeks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-05T16:44:29+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-02T14:37:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfd1afda-6a1f-4965-8c31-8895c4ebabf4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0380f474f10fa8719cd5ddecab0c7d07c65eb7d1c68e7b1c0156bfc9833b3e89"
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 1018 (2023) — TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF A MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT BOMB SQUAD TO LAWFULLY CARRY A WEAPON IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 166** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=166.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1018-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1018.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **71–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- S. Meeks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05T16:44:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:55:05+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`
- **2023-01-17T19:33:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18T19:57:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-18T20:45:47+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-01-18T20:45:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T19:40:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15T19:37:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-15T19:38:09+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-15T20:52:50+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-16T18:34:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T18:34:22+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-02-16T20:19:14+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-02-16T20:20:13+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T17:13:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T19:47:35+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-02-27T19:47:37+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-28T14:43:38+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-02T14:37:57+00:00** Notification that HB1018 is now Act 166 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfd1afda-6a1f-4965-8c31-8895c4ebabf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).