---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING CYBERSECURITY INSURANCE; TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS SELF-FUNDED CYBER RESPONSE PROGRAM AND THE ARKANSAS CYBER RESPONSE BOARD; AND TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS SELF-FUNDED CYBER RESPONSE PROGRAM TRUST FUND."
description: "CONCERNING CYBERSECURITY INSURANCE; TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS SELF-FUNDED CYBER RESPONSE PROGRAM AND THE ARKANSAS CYBER RESPONSE BOARD; AND TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS SELF-FUNDED CYBER RESPONSE PROGRAM TRUST FUND."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1780"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1780 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["S. Meeks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-29T19:58:13+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:29:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce93b0db-48df-4c68-bb7d-2fc5866db8de"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2cee60a07f2142cb94404f94e56ba967b5ec5372e317166e0a98558e425d4e57"
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 1780 (2023) — CONCERNING CYBERSECURITY INSURANCE; TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS SELF-FUNDED CYBER RESPONSE PROGRAM AND THE ARKANSAS CYBER RESPONSE BOARD; AND TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS SELF-FUNDED CYBER RESPONSE PROGRAM TRUST FUND.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 846** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=846.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1780** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1780.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- S. Meeks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-29T19:58:13+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-29T23:25:06+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T17:48:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T00:01:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T03:51:07+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-05T17:52:35+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T21:20:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T20:22:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T20:23:01+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:17:43+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:17:45+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:12:58+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:29:23+00:00** Notification that HB1780 is now Act 846 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce93b0db-48df-4c68-bb7d-2fc5866db8de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).