---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND LAWS CONCERNING CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS; AND TO AUTHORIZE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SOUGHT VOLUNTARY MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT TO OBTAIN A CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT AFTER A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD."
description: "TO AMEND LAWS CONCERNING CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS; AND TO AUTHORIZE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SOUGHT VOLUNTARY MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT TO OBTAIN A CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT AFTER A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1123"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1123 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Vaught"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12T17:18:07+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-03T17:14:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d99fe22f-3570-45dd-b72c-f011a9693fa5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "385a4fbb1e0b186ea0500a724033a568ae42691d0998a64b5972056050a26720"
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 1123 (2023) — TO AMEND LAWS CONCERNING CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS; AND TO AUTHORIZE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SOUGHT VOLUNTARY MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT TO OBTAIN A CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT AFTER A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 30** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=30.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1123-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1123** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1123.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12T17:18:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-12T22:49:52+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`
- **2023-01-19T17:05:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23T14:31:51+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-23T14:31:55+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-23T16:58:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-24T19:42:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T20:55:53+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-01-24T20:56:02+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T16:18:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01T20:02:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T20:03:04+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-01T22:03:32+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-01T22:03:34+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-03T14:32:44+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-03T17:14:29+00:00** Notification that HB1123 is now Act 30 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d99fe22f-3570-45dd-b72c-f011a9693fa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).