---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISPOSITION OF CONTRABAND AND SEIZED PROPERTY; AND TO ALLOW FORFEITED FIREARMS TO BE TRADED TO FEDERALLY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALERS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISPOSITION OF CONTRABAND AND SEIZED PROPERTY; AND TO ALLOW FORFEITED FIREARMS TO BE TRADED TO FEDERALLY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1327"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1327 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway", "M. McKee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-30T19:56:58+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-30T14:57:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af6b1bff-3cfc-4799-8a14-525c474045c3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "526e201877bdf121248c2bfd61605cd319227263f129ff38be03cd3ca8522424"
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 1327 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISPOSITION OF CONTRABAND AND SEIZED PROPERTY; AND TO ALLOW FORFEITED FIREARMS TO BE TRADED TO FEDERALLY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 412** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=412.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1327-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1327** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1327.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)
- M. McKee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30T19:56:58+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-30T22:18:39+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`
- **2023-02-14T19:36:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15T20:15:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T20:15:18+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-15T22:06:22+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-15T22:06:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T19:22:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28T20:52:41+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T19:26:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08T19:49:29+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-08T19:49:55+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-08T20:31:57+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-09T19:35:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T19:35:15+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-09T19:35:23+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-03-09T20:21:20+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-09T20:21:29+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T18:51:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27T20:11:33+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-27T20:11:35+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-28T13:47:05+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-30T14:57:49+00:00** Notification that HB1327 is now Act 412 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af6b1bff-3cfc-4799-8a14-525c474045c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).