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---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO DEFINE \"LOADED FIREARM\" FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE STATUTE CONCERNING POSSESSION AND USE OF A WEAPON."
description: "TO DEFINE \"LOADED FIREARM\" FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE STATUTE CONCERNING POSSESSION AND USE OF A WEAPON."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1547"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1547 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Sullivan", "Duffield"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-02T21:11:11+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T16:48:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06c1d405-6c89-4492-8504-780415e55ddc"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0dd2b53c6dce39e214a80eedaf76b420a4d91e81c6e74c2a3816b0d1dc3217c5"
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 1547 (2023) — TO DEFINE "LOADED FIREARM" FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE STATUTE CONCERNING POSSESSION AND USE OF A WEAPON.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 549** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=549.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1547** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1547.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed. — **320** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **275** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **8212** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- D. Sullivan — primary (person)
- Duffield — primary (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Pearce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Womack — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-02T21:11:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-02T22:37:52+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`
- **2023-03-16T18:51:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27T20:54:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T22:50:30+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-27T22:50:36+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:26:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T00:56:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T01:38:49+00:00** Motion to expunge the vote by which HB1547 passed. Motion Carried.
- **2023-04-06T01:43:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T01:43:28+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T02:58:15+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T02:58:17+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:52:17+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T16:48:42+00:00** Notification that HB1547 is now Act 549 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06c1d405-6c89-4492-8504-780415e55ddc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).