---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PERSONS TO CARRY A WEAPON ON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS PROPERTY; TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PERSONS TO CARRY A WEAPON ON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS PROPERTY; TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1750"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1750 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. McKee", "Unger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-28T19:12:48+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T15:00:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93934736-b410-48ec-8348-b5de6928506c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "822a0837c3e92d30f8d6e812c3daf229f066e09f382722f7716ed89f530249f0"
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 1750 (2023) — TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PERSONS TO CARRY A WEAPON ON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS PROPERTY; TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 752** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=752.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1750** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1750.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **87–8** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **28–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28T19:12:48+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-28T22:42:15+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`
- **2023-03-31T03:10:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T19:10:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T19:10:16+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-04T21:57:05+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T21:57:12+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T15:56:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07T15:45:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T15:45:17+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-07T15:45:20+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:00:59+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:01:00+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-10T12:47:32+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T15:00:12+00:00** Notification that HB1750 is now Act 752 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93934736-b410-48ec-8348-b5de6928506c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).