---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE PURPOSE OF THE STATUTES AUTHORIZING A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN; AND TO CLARIFY THAT A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN IS NOT REQUIRED TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN IN THIS STATE."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE PURPOSE OF THE STATUTES AUTHORIZING A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN; AND TO CLARIFY THAT A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN IS NOT REQUIRED TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN IN THIS STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 480"
citation: "Arkansas SB 480 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. King"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-24T20:06:02+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T13:30:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/125af3a6-28c5-4f11-ade9-04826d8ec10f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f968dbb67527201a67a34b072861662785409688a8999713c40b4be9eb2994ce"
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 SB 480 (2023) — TO CLARIFY THE PURPOSE OF THE STATUTES AUTHORIZING A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN; AND TO CLARIFY THAT A LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN IS NOT REQUIRED TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN IN THIS STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 777** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=777.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB480-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 480** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB480.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **28–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **81–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-24T20:06:02+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-24T20:50:16+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:25:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T19:11:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T19:11:31+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-30T21:39:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-03T18:49:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T18:49:55+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-03T22:55:47+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-04T00:45:00+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`
- **2023-04-05T04:34:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T20:32:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T20:32:21+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:25:21+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:25:24+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:31:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:31:48+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T13:30:45+00:00** Notification that SB480 is now Act 777 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/125af3a6-28c5-4f11-ade9-04826d8ec10f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).