---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONCEALED HANDGUNS; AND TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO OBTAIN A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONCEALED HANDGUNS; AND TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO OBTAIN A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1784"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1784 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pilkington"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-29T20:33:01+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T15:01:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67a7f0fa-613f-4e59-86e2-7528fbf19a95"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2935e3da56d990b081ed4f677662c20f6b00b77d46550112efb548d6422fe57b"
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 1784 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONCEALED HANDGUNS; AND TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO OBTAIN A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 757** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=757.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1784** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1784.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **82–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pilkington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-29T20:33:01+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-29T23:25:59+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`
- **2023-03-31T03:10:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T19:13:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T22:00:18+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T22:00:26+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T15:59:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07T16:29:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T16:29:10+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:03:14+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:03:16+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-10T12:45:55+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T15:01:42+00:00** Notification that HB1784 is now Act 757 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67a7f0fa-613f-4e59-86e2-7528fbf19a95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).