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Proposed Arkansas Firearm Legislation HB1418

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Legislation Overview

Title: To Prohibit Local Government Regulation Of Knives Or Knife-making Components.

Description: To Prohibit Local Government Regulation Of Knives Or Knife-making Components.

Session: 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)

Last Action: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

Last Action Date: February 20, 2025

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

2 sponsors: Joey Carr (R); Terry Rice (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Feb 20, 2025 Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
Senate Feb 19, 2025 Read the third time and passed.
House Feb 19, 2025 TO BE ENROLLED
House Feb 19, 2025 Returned from the Senate as passed.
Senate Feb 19, 2025 Returned to the House as passed.
Senate Feb 18, 2025 Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
Senate Feb 13, 2025 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE
Senate Feb 13, 2025 Received from the House.
House Feb 13, 2025 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
House Feb 12, 2025 Returned by the Committee Do Pass
House Feb 5, 2025 Filed
House Feb 5, 2025 Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Draft Feb 5, 2025 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
02/13/2025 89 5 6 0 Yes
  • Achor, Brandon (R) Yea
  • Allen, Fred (D) NV
  • Andrews, Wade (R) Yea
  • Barker, Sonia (R) Yea
  • Barnes, Glenn (D) Yea
  • Barnett, Lincoln (D) Nay
  • Beaty, Howard (R) Yea
  • Beck, Rick (R) Yea
  • Bentley, Mary (R) Yea
  • Berry, Stan (R) Yea
  • Breaux, Harlan (R) Yea
  • Brooks, Keith (R) Yea
  • Brown, Alyssa (R) Yea
  • Brown, Karilyn (R) Yea
  • Brown, Matt (R) Yea
  • Burkes, Nick (R) Yea
  • Burkes, Rebecca (R) Yea
  • Carr, Joey (R) Yea
  • Carr, John (R) Yea
  • Cavenaugh, Frances (R) Yea
  • Childress, Paul (R) Yea
  • Clowney, Nicole (D) Nay
  • Collins, Andrew (D) Nay
  • Cooper, Cameron (R) Yea
  • Cozart, Bruce (R) Yea
  • Crawford, Cindy (D) Yea
  • Dalby, Carol (R) Yea
  • Duffield, Matt (R) Yea
  • Duke, Hope (R) Yea
  • Eaton, James (R) Yea
  • Eaves, Les (R) Yea
  • Ennett, Denise (D) NV
  • Eubanks, Jon (R) Yea
  • Evans, Brian (R) Yea
  • Ferguson, Ken (D) Yea
  • Furman, Tony (R) Yea
  • Garner, Denise (D) Nay
  • Gazaway, Jimmie (R) Yea
  • Gonzales, Justin (R) Yea
  • Gonzales Worthen, Diana (D) Yea
  • Gramlich, Zack (R) Yea
  • Hall, Brad (R) Yea
  • Hawk, RJ (R) NV
  • Henley, Dolly (R) Yea
  • Holcomb, Mike (D) Yea
  • Hollowell, Steve (R) Yea
  • Hudson, Ashley (D) Yea
  • Jean, Lane (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Lee (R) Yea
  • Ladyman, Jack (R) Yea
  • Long, Justice (R) Yea
  • Lundstrum, Robin (R) Yea
  • Lynch, Roger (R) Yea
  • Maddox, John (R) Yea
  • Magie, Stephen (D) Yea
  • Mayberry, Julie (R) Yea
  • McAlindon, Mindy (R) Yea
  • McClure, Rick (R) Yea
  • McCullough, Tippi (D) Nay
  • McElroy, Mark (D) Yea
  • McGrew, Richard (R) Yea
  • McGruder, Jessie (D) Yea
  • McKenzie, Brit (R) Yea
  • Mccollum, Austin (R) Yea
  • Mcnair, Ron (R) Yea
  • Meeks, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Milligan, Jon (R) Yea
  • Moore, Jeremiah (R) NV
  • Moore, Kendra (R) Yea
  • Nazarenko, Jason (R) Yea
  • Painter, Stetson (R) NV
  • Pearce, Shad (R) Yea
  • Perry, Mark (D) Yea
  • Pilkington, Aaron (R) Yea
  • Puryear, Chad (R) Yea
  • Ray, David (R) Yea
  • Richardson, Jay (D) Yea
  • Richardson, R. Scott (R) Yea
  • Richmond, Marcus (R) Yea
  • Rose, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Rye, Johnny (R) Yea
  • Schulz, Bart (R) Yea
  • Shephard, Tara (D) Yea
  • Shepherd, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Springer, Joy (D) Yea
  • Steele, Tracy (D) Yea
  • Steimel, Trey (R) Yea
  • Torres, Randy (R) Yea
  • Tosh, Dwight (R) Yea
  • Underwood, Kendon (R) Yea
  • Unger, Steve (R) Yea
  • Vaught, Deann (R) NV
  • Walker, Steven (R) Yea
  • Wardlaw, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Warren, Les (R) Yea
  • Whitaker, David (D) Yea
  • Wing, Carlton (R) Yea
  • Womack, Richard (R) Yea
  • Wooldridge, Jeremy (R) Yea
  • Wooten, Jim (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/19/2025 28 1 0 6 Yes
  • Boyd, Justin (R) Yea
  • Bryant, Joshua (R) Absent
  • Caldwell, Ronald (R) Absent
  • Clark, Alan (R) Yea
  • Crowell, Steve (R) Yea
  • Davis, Breanne (R) Yea
  • Dees, Tyler (R) Absent
  • Dismang, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Dotson, Jim (R) Yea
  • English, Jane (R) Absent
  • Flippo, Scott (R) Yea
  • Flowers, Stephanie (D) Absent
  • Gilmore, Ben (R) Yea
  • Hammer, Kim (R) Yea
  • Hester, Bart (R) Yea
  • Hickey, Jimmy (R) Yea
  • Hill, Ricky (R) Yea
  • Irvin, Missy (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Blake (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Mark (R) Yea
  • King, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Leding, Greg (D) Yea
  • Love, Frederick (D) Yea
  • McKee, Matt (R) Yea
  • Murdock, Reginald (D) Absent
  • Payton, John (R) Yea
  • Penzo, Clint (R) Yea
  • Petty, Jim (R) Yea
  • Rice, Terry (R) Yea
  • Scott, Jamie (D) Yea
  • Stone, Matt (R) Yea
  • Stubblefield, Gary (R) Yea
  • Sullivan, Dan (R) Yea
  • Tucker, Clarke (D) Nay
  • Wallace, David (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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