---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE SENTENCING FOR A FELONY WITH A FIREARM."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE SENTENCING FOR A FELONY WITH A FIREARM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023S1"
identifier: "HB 1006"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1006 (2023S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway", "Gilmore"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-09-08T21:30:06+00:00"
last_action: "2023-09-14T20:39:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/970dbeeb-bd4e-4206-9312-4a81e9aaed37"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d9a2124b3d0f095589bf028783bd7b6b8a91aa8c4e6074452d0b1c2a95ebe65b"
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 1006 (2023S1) — TO CLARIFY THE SENTENCING FOR A FELONY WITH A FIREARM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023S1%2FPublic%2F&file=8.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023S1)
2. **HB 1006** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2023S1%2FPublic%2FHB1006.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)
- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Crowell — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-08T21:30:06+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-09-11T16:19:18+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`
- **2023-09-12T22:12:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-13T13:50:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13T15:33:13+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-09-13T15:33:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-13T16:34:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-14T14:46:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T14:46:12+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-09-14T14:58:52+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-09-14T14:58:55+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-09-14T15:00:52+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-09-14T20:39:11+00:00** Notification that HB1006 is now Act 8 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/970dbeeb-bd4e-4206-9312-4a81e9aaed37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).