---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROHIBIT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF KNIVES OR KNIFE-MAKING COMPONENTS."
description: "TO PROHIBIT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF KNIVES OR KNIFE-MAKING COMPONENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1418"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1418 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joey Carr", "Rice"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-05T20:34:24+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-25T22:50:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a74c506-705a-412c-a0da-41a1bae84673"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "91d462ce52248591b2e91402a9b52d522436a66faadc768973fe547215e1864e"
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 1418 (2025) — TO PROHIBIT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF KNIVES OR KNIFE-MAKING COMPONENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 161** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=161.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1418** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1418.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Joey Carr — primary (person)
- Rice — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05T20:34:24+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-05T23:13:55+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T19:42:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13T20:22:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-13T22:01:19+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-13T22:01:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T16:47:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19T20:38:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19T20:38:15+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-02-19T21:41:32+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-19T21:41:33+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-02-20T15:25:08+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-02-25T22:50:54+00:00** Notification that HB1418 is now Act 161 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a74c506-705a-412c-a0da-41a1bae84673`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).