---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF INSTRUCTION ON FIREARM SAFETY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS."
description: "CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF INSTRUCTION ON FIREARM SAFETY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1117"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1117 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bryant", "R. Scott Richardson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14T15:39:07+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-04T22:53:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b498f635-af5e-42c5-a10d-3daf686a7ea8"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8229a3a1a0c5b153d31bd157a77c601020be2743fdb62213196dde468638bdbb"
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 1117 (2025) — CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF INSTRUCTION ON FIREARM SAFETY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 229** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=229.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1117-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1117-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1117** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1117.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — primary (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Duffield — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14T15:39:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-14T22:26:23+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28T14:32:29+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-01-28T14:32:32+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-28T15:20:39+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-17T14:35:26+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-17T14:35:28+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-17T15:27:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-20T17:02:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-24T20:00:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-24T20:50:42+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-24T20:50:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T19:43:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27T19:42:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T19:42:53+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-27T20:42:46+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-27T20:42:48+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-02-27T20:42:51+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-04T22:53:11+00:00** Notification that HB1117 is now Act 229 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b498f635-af5e-42c5-a10d-3daf686a7ea8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).