---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROHIBIT CONTRACTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING STATE CONTRACTS; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF STATE PROCUREMENT."
description: "TO PROHIBIT CONTRACTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING STATE CONTRACTS; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF STATE PROCUREMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1789"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1789 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Stubblefield", "McAlindon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-29T21:56:57+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T15:02:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02f8bc15-2b20-42e7-8fb7-22764f29b784"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7e39ecd9be0a69c8e74f4d772dd8393b5d4561a23b05a69a3984db0a841044de"
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 1789 (2023) — TO PROHIBIT CONTRACTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING STATE CONTRACTS; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF STATE PROCUREMENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 758** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=758.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1789-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1789** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1789.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **81–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)
- McAlindon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-29T21:56:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-29T23:27:06+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T02:27:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T13:30:53+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-04T13:30:55+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-04T16:31:50+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-05T00:37:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T03:52:40+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-05T17:56:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T16:06:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07T16:32:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T16:33:02+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:03:32+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:03:34+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-10T12:45:44+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T15:02:07+00:00** Notification that HB1789 is now Act 758 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02f8bc15-2b20-42e7-8fb7-22764f29b784`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).